Wild Reeds

Wild Reeds

  • Director: André Téchiné
  • Writer: Olivier Massart,Gilles Taurand,André Téchiné
  • Countries of origin: France
  • Language: French
  • Release date: May 10, 1995
  • Sound mix: Dolby, Dolby SR
  • Aspect ratio: 1.66 : 1
  • Also known as: The Wild Reeds
  • "Les roseaux sauvages" is a youth film directed by Andre Techine, starring Elodie Bouchez , Gail Morel, Stefan Rido, etc. It was released in France on June 1, 1994. The film won the Best Picture Award at the 20th French Caesars Awards in 1995. 
    The film tells the story of an ignorant and complicated relationship between three boys and a girl in a boarding high school   .

    Details

    • Release date May 10, 1995
    • Filming locations Villeneuve-sur-Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, France
    • Production companies Ima Films, Les Films Alain Sarde, Canal+

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $807,775

    Gross worldwide

    $807,775

    Movie reviews

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    • By Jermain 2022-08-01 19:47:44

      The Allusion to "Wild Reed" Comes from La Fontaine's Fable

      The allusion to "Wild Reed" comes from La Fontaine's fable "The Oak and the Reed":

      The oak said to the reed, "Nature treats you too thinly, you cannot bear the weight of a bird, and the breeze makes you bow your head; On the top of the Caucasus, despise the sun and the wind; your whirlwind is like a breeze to me. If you let me shelter you, I can save you from disaster, but you are still born on the edge of the country of storms, and it is not fair to you of...

    • By Lacey 2022-04-20 09:02:34

      Shut up for idiots who don't understand

      Isn't ignorance the scariest thing in the world? If you don't understand it, don't watch it. If you don't read it, you won't be blind, right? Show the lower limit here and give zero points? If you don't give it naturally, you will have no points! I feel like throwing up when I see the mentally handicapped! I want to remind you not to look at Rohmer, don't look at the old tower, Emmanuel Olmi... Woody Allen probably can't understand it? I estimate that this kind of person can watch a movie made...

    • By Eleanora 2022-04-19 09:02:56

      Juvenile Affair, Savage Growth

      Back in time half a century ago, against the background of war in the great era, the love affairs of juveniles, like wild reeds, are fragile and savage and grow savagely.

      Although the four teenagers and girls have different family education and growth backgrounds, their ignorance in adolescence is exactly the same. Even if the problems faced are different, they are full of synergy.

      Francois is full of talent and suffers from the...

    • By Richie 2022-04-19 09:02:56

      nothing can stop



      "My brother's death was unfortunate. I thought I was dead too. But there are more unfortunate things, worse than war. That is life goes on."

                                   -Serge Bartolo




      This is about youth and growth s story.

      Different from the cynicism in "The Elephant", different from the loneliness and despair in "Guling Street Teenage Murder", different from the clean and disappointed in "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle", and even different...

    • By Tabitha 2022-04-19 09:02:56

      wandering, swaying, weak, pliable

      The oak tree proudly talked to the reeds by the water. He was extremely proud of his sturdy body, the stretched branches and leaves, and the huge canopy high above. He can withstand enough rain and sunshine, his roots are deeply rooted under the soil layer, and his thick texture can block a thousand points. He looks at the reeds not far away, and pitys him with a mocking tone that seems so weak The slender stems that could be broken at any time, and his short body, and the long, narrow leaves...

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    • By Reid 2023-09-29 03:19:42

      It can be compared with "Adele's Life", which can be regarded as two ways of dealing with similar social backgrounds and themes in different eras. The whole film exudes a strong 80s texture, and the temperament is very refreshing. The main creator is very relaxed, but not contrived. The main reason is that they are too accurate about the emotional state of boys and girls, so accurate that I suspect that they have a seventeen-year-old child who has mastered strong professional skills hidden in...

    • By Cleveland 2023-09-18 08:41:51

      The film can also be renamed the love between Cesc Fabregas and Casillas. It is indeed a bit dull, but after a few attempts, I finally put myself into it and feel the story of this very ordinary young man staged in the historical environment. We all had this kind of confusion when we were young, from sexual orientation, to political stance, to love family, and somehow it came...

    • By Michel 2023-09-17 15:16:08

      The French Cultural Year specially went to the theater to watch the...

    • By Hassie 2023-09-13 16:37:37

      There is something heavier than exams and wars - life itself!...

    • By Norberto 2023-09-09 12:34:25

      Left-wing and right-wing, same-sex and opposite-sex, a riverside frolic makes them forget it all for a while, but after that, life goes on. There is no concentrated dramatic conflict, but the personalities of the characters can make you feel very...

    Movie plot

    In 1962, the originally peaceful town in southwestern France was affected by the Algerian Revolutionary Storm. In a boarding high school, the shy boy François (Gail Morel) and the girl Mai Tai ( Elodie Bouchez ) are a pair of spiritual lovers. François has strong emotions towards the handsome boy Serge (Stephen Rido) from Italy and tempts him to have a relationship with himself. Serge said that he fell in love with Maytai, but Maytai...
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    Evaluation action

    The film reflects the wild history of the collapse of the French colonial empire in the 1960s that had a huge impact on the French nation. Obviously, the film touched the faint emotions in the bones of the French, so it won four Caesars awards in the second year after it was released. The youth story of "Les roseaux sauvages" is sad but not cruel, and the emotions are complex but not unusual. In other words, "youth" and "homosexuality"...
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    Movie quotes

    • Serge Bartolo: The death of a brother is tough. I thought I'd die. But there is something even tougher, tougher than war. It's that life goes on.

    • Maïté Alvarez: Women branded by men are like cattle waiting to be slaughtered.

    • Maïté Alvarez: I love you because you'll never be my enemy, whatever you do.