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Wild Reeds

Wild Reeds

Drama · Romance · 1994

As the Algerian War draws to a close, a teenager with a girlfriend starts feeling homosexual urges for two of his classmates: a country boy, and a French-Algerian intellectual.

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Wild Reeds

1994 Drama · Romance 1h 55m

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7.0 / 10

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As the Algerian War draws to a close, a teenager with a girlfriend starts feeling homosexual urges for two of his classmates: a country boy, and a French-Algerian intellectual.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

André Téchiné

Written by

Olivier Massart · Gilles Taurand · André Téchiné

Élodie Bouchez

Élodie Bouchez

Maïté Alvarez

Gaël Morel

Gaël Morel

François Forestier

Stéphane Rideau

Stéphane Rideau

Serge Bartolo

Frédéric Gorny

Frédéric Gorny

Henri Mariani

Michèle Moretti

Michèle Moretti

Madame Alvarez

Jacques Nolot

Jacques Nolot

Monsieur Morelli

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Eric Kreikenmayer

Pierre Bartolo

Court is in session

Put Wild Reeds on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.