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Wild Reeds

Play trailer Poster for Wild Reeds 1994,  1h 50m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 100% 9 Reviews Tomatometer 87% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
100% Tomatometer 9 Reviews 87% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
At a boarding school in the south of France, timid student Francois (Gaël Morel) discovers his latent homosexuality when he enters into an erotic relationship with farm boy Serge (Jacques Nolot). A bizarre love triangle soon forms between Francois, his best friend Maetie (Élodie Bouchez) and Serge while the French Algerian war rages in the background, paralleling the tumult of self-discovery that comes at the crossroads between youth and adulthood.

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Emanuel Levy Variety Dec 20, 2006
A
French helmer Andre Techine's most personal--and arguably best--film is one of the few foreign language pictures that was recognized by most critics groups in the U.S. Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jan 1, 2000
3/4
Some of the political undertones may go astray, but the emotional center of the film is touching and honest. Go to Full Review
Armond White National Review Dec 20, 2025
Its vision of political and humanist harmony remains great enough to instruct this era’s discordance. Go to Full Review
John A. Nesbit Old School Reviews Mar 9, 2010
B
real and honest Go to Full Review
Felix Gonzalez Jr. DVD Review Aug 18, 2008
... Techine examines the emotional changes of his young protagonists with sensitivity and understanding. Go to Full Review
Jeremy Heilman MovieMartyr.com Jun 19, 2002
3/4
[Its] subdued tone becomes the movie's greatest strength, since it keeps the film's plot events from ever feeling melodramatic. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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André Téchiné

Director

Élodie Bouchez

Maïté Alvarez

Gaël Morel

François Forestier

Stéphane Rideau

Serge Bartolo

Frédéric Gorny

Henri Mariani

Michèle Moretti

Madame Alvarez

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Wild Reeds

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Movie Info

Synopsis At a boarding school in the south of France, timid student Francois (Gaël Morel) discovers his latent homosexuality when he enters into an erotic relationship with farm boy Serge (Jacques Nolot). A bizarre love triangle soon forms between Francois, his best friend Maetie (Élodie Bouchez) and Serge while the French Algerian war rages in the background, paralleling the tumult of self-discovery that comes at the crossroads between youth and adulthood.
Director
André Téchiné
Producer
Georges Benayoun, Alain Sarde
Screenwriter
André Téchiné, Olivier Massart, Gilles Taurand
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (DVD)
Jul 22, 2008
Runtime
1h 50m
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