Wild Reeds
– As the Algerian War draws to a close, a teenager with a girlfriend starts feeling homosexual urges f..
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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Release Date:
10 May 1995
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French
MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated
Director:
André Téchiné
Writer:
Olivier Massart, Gilles Taurand, André Téchiné
Main Actors:
Élodie Bouchez, Gaël Morel, Stéphane Rideau, Frédéric Gorny
Plot:
In a village in the Southwest of France, 1962. Maite and Francois are 18 years old. They are friends, not lovers. In Francois's classroom, there are Serge, whose brother has just married to try to escape from the war in Algeria, and Henri, a pied-noir (Algerian-born Frenchman). Francois and Serge will have a homosexual relationship, but Serge wants to marry his brother's wife...
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8 wins & 6 nominations.
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Arte
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