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Whistling youth
Verda 2022-04-19 09:02:56
There is "Hello, Sadness" by Francois Sagan when he was 18 years old, and then there is Sophie Marceau's first kiss when he was 13 years old. The French have always had a deep understanding of the troubles of youth. The same goes for Andrea Tessine's Wild Reeds. In the summer of 1962, in a small town in southwestern France, four young teenagers have their own concerns. Eighteen-year-old François is lost in his sexuality and does not know how to deal with his friend Séjé, who has had sex with him; Séjé is saddened by the death of his brother in the fighting in Algeria, and at the same time. She has always had a crush on François's best friend, Mai; on the one hand, Mai helps her best friend face herself, on the other hand, she seeks her own independence and growth, and she also has her own communist beliefs in her heart; an overseas Chinese from Algeria Enli, a right-wing anti-Algerian independence activist, understood the concerns of his roommate, François. He also felt lost after Algeria became independent and his hero was arrested. The story unfolds between these four teenagers with different troubles, and the teenagers gradually learn to know themselves. The movie has been labeled as a "gay movie", but comradeship is only a thread running through it. The story that we really want to tell is still a story about youth and growing up. At the end of the film, the four of them washed away all burdens and disguise in the clear river water, re-acquainted themselves, and suddenly matured. Perhaps La Fontaine's fable "The Oak and the Reeds" borrowed in the film is the best interpretation: the teenagers who have experienced such a storm finally grow up. Suddenly I remembered Han Songluo's words - "I know, my youth is roaring."
Extended Reading
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Demarco 2022-04-24 07:01:24
Four youths: French-Algerian, middle-class gay, peasant's son, communist woman - worrying about their graduation exam results, thinking about the world and the future, talking about war, sex and politics, answering honestly, and asking. As summer approaches, the four of them go on a trip—French Algeria and communist meet in the woods, and the other two travel farther and farther. After a short period of passion and joy, the right-wing French left, and the other three ended hand in hand. One French, two French, four French, one French.
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Madisen 2022-04-21 09:03:30
When watching it, I reminded myself that this is a film from 1994. Don't ask too much... The theme of the whole article is a little scattered, and the protagonists are very cute... Except for Seth...
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Maïté Alvarez: I love you because you'll never be my enemy, whatever you do.
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Maïté Alvarez: I don't care what you do with others. What's between us counts much more.