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Wild Reeds
Original Title
Les Roseaux Sauvages- Director: André Téchiné
- Writer: Olivier Massart; Gilles Taurand
- Producer: Georges Benayoun; Chantal Poupaud
CGiii Comment
A beautifully observed, complex film.
Set in rural 1962...homosexuality is...that's it, it just is - there is no judgment, take it or leave it.
Idyllic, youth eternal - the tragedies happen later on. In future years...
Important work of beauty and pace - told from the heart.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
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.
Cast & Characters
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;
Claudine Taulère as Nurse;
Elodie Soulinhac as Colette,
Girl at Party;
Dominique Bovard as Guard;
Monsieur Simonet as Guard;
Chief Officer Carre as Officer