Wild Reeds

Wild Reeds (French: Les Roseaux sauvages) is a 1994 French drama film directed by André Téchiné, about the sensitive passage in the adulthood and in awakening of sexuality by four youths at the end of the Algerian War.



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[hide]  *1 Plot  ==Plot[ edit] == The film is set in south-west France in 1962. François (Gaël Morel), a shy young man from the lower middle class, is working towards his high school diploma. But he spends most of his time talking about movies and literature with his best friend, Maïté (Élodie Bouchez), whose mother is his French teacher. Mme Alvarez (Michèle Moretti) and Maïté are communists. At the boarding school, François becomes acquainted with the sensual son of a farmer, Serge (Stéphane Rideau). At night, he joins François in the dormitory to chat. Finally, Serge draws François into an erotic relationship.
 * 2 Cast
 * 3 Production
 * 3.1 Conception
 * 3.2 Music
 * 4 Critical response
 * 5 Accolades
 * 6 References
 * 7 External links

While Serge acted out of curiosity, François discovers his latent homosexuality and develops a deep attraction for Serge. He confides this discovery to Maïté, who swallows her disappointment to encourage him to come out of the closet. While Serge becomes more and more interested in Maïté, she declares herself to be interested in nobody.

The Algerian War and its horrors crash headlong into these young grazes of the heart. Serge's brother dies at the front, the mother of Maïté loses the reason to have refused to help him to desert.

Into this mix, an Algerian-born French exile, Henri (Frédéric Gorny), appears in the boarding school and aggravates all the conflicts. Supporting the OAS, he brings with him the traumas of the war. He makes François face up to his homosexuality in a cynical way and provokes Serge's hatred. But it's especially the tempestuous meeting with Maïté who goes to destabilize the two of them, when the ideological confrontation collides with their mutual attraction.

In the contact of their differences, each of them learn, little by little, to qualify their judgments and their vision of life. ==Cast[ edit] == ==Production[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Conception<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">It was at first conceived to be a part of a television film series dealing the subject of adolescence, Tous les garçons et les filles de leurs âges, entitled Le chêne et le roseau (The Oak and the Reed), which made up the first 55 minutes of Wild Reeds. But after completing the script, Téchiné decided to make it a full theatrical release. Of autobiographical inspiration, it is his biggest personal success in France and also his most intimate film.
 * Élodie Bouchez as Maïté Alvarez
 * Gaël Morel as François Forestier
 * Stéphane Rideau as Serge Bartolo
 * Frédéric Gorny as Henri Mariani
 * Michèle Moretti as Madame Alvarez
 * Jacques Nolot as Monsieur Morelli
 * Eric Kreikenmayer as Pierre Bartolo, the Groom
 * Nathalie Vignes as Irène, the Bride
 * Michel Ruhl as Monsieur Cassagne
 * Fatia Maite as Aicha Morelli

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">As the Algerian War is still, in a certain way, taboo on many points, films on the subject were rare or subject to debate: The Little Soldier (Le Petit Soldat), Avoir vingt ans dans les Aurès, La question. ===Music<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ==Critical response<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">The film was met with widespread critical acclaim and holds a rare 100% "Fresh" ratings on Rotten Tomatoes.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Rotten_Tomatoes_1-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[1]  It was released in the United States on May 10, 1995 grossing $38,192 in 7 theaters its widest release eventually grossing a total of $917,915 in North America.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-The_Numbers_2-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[2]  In France the film received limited release playing at a total of 40 cinemas and opening in second place in the French box office gaining 37,688 admissions its opening weekend. In total the film had 589,301 admissions in France and was the 51st highest earning film of the year.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-JPBox_Office_3-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[3] ==Accolades<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == Stars Gaël Morel and Élodie Bouchez promoting the film at the1994 Cannes Film Festival.<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">At the 1995 César Awards, Les Roseaux Sauvages won Best Film, Best Director (André Téchiné), Most Promising Young Actress (Élodie Bouchez) and Best Original Screenplay.
 * Barbara Ann – Beach Boys
 * Adagio for Strings – Samuel Barber
 * Wo die Zitronen blühen & Frühlingsstimmen – Johann Strauss II
 * Runaway – Del Shannon
 * Let's Twist Again – Chubby Checker
 * Smoke Gets in Your Eyes – The Platters
 * Soave sia il vento (from Cosi Fan Tutte) - Mozart


 * César Awards (France)
 * Won: Best Director (André Téchiné)
 * Won: Best Film
 * Won: Best Writing (Olivier Massart, Gilles Taurand and André Téchiné)
 * Won: Most Promising Actress (Élodie Bouchez)
 * Nominated: Best Actress – Best Supporting Role (Michèle Moretti)
 * Nominated: Most Promising Actor (Frédéric Gorny)
 * Nominated: Most Promising Actor (Gaël Morel)
 * Nominated: Most Promising Actor (Stéphane Rideau)
 * Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival (France)
 * Nominated<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-festival-cannes.com_4-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[4]
 * Los Angeles Film Critics (USA)
 * Won: Best Foreign Language Film
 * National Society of Film Critics (USA)
 * Won: Best Foreign Language Film
 * New York Film Critics (USA)
 * Won: Best Foreign Language Film