Wild Reeds
- Original title
- Les roseaux sauvages (Wild Reeds)
- Year
- 1994
- Running time
- 110 min.
- Country
France
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Elodie Bouchez
- Gaël Morel
- Stéphane Rideau
- Frédéric Gorny
- Michel Ruhl
- Jacques Nolot
- Michéle Moretti
- Eric Kreikenmayer
- Dominique Bovard
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- Music
Various- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama. Romance | 1960s. Teen/coming-of-age. Friendship. Gay & Lesbian. Small Town Life (Non-North American). Schools & University. Algerian War
- Synopsis
- Set in rural France during the end of the Algerian war, and immersed in the music of the sixties, this film follows four students in friendship and love. François's best friend is a girl Maite, but instead he falls in love with a boy Serge, while Serge is falling for Maite. Henri is the outsider, an Algerian-born Frenchman who has fled the war, and the catalyst for François to find his identity.
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- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1994: 4 Cesar Awards: including Best Movie and director. 8 Nominations1995: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Foreign Language Film1995: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Foreign Language Film1994: Chicago International Film Festival: Official Selection1995: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): Best Foreign Language Film. 2 nominations
- Critics' reviews
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"'Wild Reeds' is not only Andre Techine's best film in a decade, it's one of France's, too"
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"Andre Techine creates living characters instead of sociopolitical symbols"
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