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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.6 / 5.0

Charming!:

Wild Reeds is a nice movie portraying adolescence and sexuality during a time of difficult politics in France during the early nineteen sixties. Francious(Gael Morel)is the lead character along with his platonic girlfriend Maite (Elodie Bouchez). The two are best friends, but Francious starts experimenting and coming to terms with his sexulaity when he comes to having sexual feelings for his classmate Serge (Stephane Rideau). This is basically the plot of the film with Francious yearning to be in a... more info

'Wild Reeds' bends and does not break!:

For cinema buffs, this film is probably Andre Techine's best (although 'Thieves' comes close). Released in 1994, the movie won four Cesar Awards, including Best Picture.

That said, it's a great film anyway! Techine incredibly evokes--and captures--the landscape and atmosphere, the tonal integrity, the dynamic symmetry of the French countryside, his actors, and time sequence in a way that few can. Certainly, this film is a tribute to film-making, regardless of nationality.

Set in 1962 when all France was... more info

Excellent ! ! ! !:

A must see coming of age story set in France during the Algerian War. Ga?l Morel was perfect. St?phane Rideau is shown young and absolutely gorgeous in some risqu? scenes of the film. My only complaint is the DVD's inability to remove the English subtitles.

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