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Wild Reeds
(1994)
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Cast
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| Élodie Bouchez | ... |
Maïté Alvarez
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| Gaël Morel | ... |
François Forestier
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Stéphane Rideau | ... |
Serge Bartolo
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Frédéric Gorny | ... |
Henri Mariani
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Michèle Moretti | ... |
Madame Alvarez
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Monsieur Morelli
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Eric Kreikenmayer | ... |
Pierre Bartolo, the Groom
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Nathalie Vignes | ... |
Irène, the Bride
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Michel Ruhl | ... |
Monsieur Cassagne
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Fatia Maite | ... |
Aicha Morelli
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Claudine Taulère | ... |
Nurse
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Elodie Soulinhac | ... |
Colette, Girl at Party
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Dominique Bovard | ... |
Guard
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Monsieur Simonet | ... |
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Chief Officer Carre | ... |
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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... Written by Yepok
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Country:
FranceLanguage:
FrenchRelease Date:
10 May 1995 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Gross:
$917,915 (USA)Company Credits
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There are many references in the movie to "The O.A.S.," in conversation, and overheard on radio and television newscasts. OAS - or Organisation armée secrète, literally "Organization of the Secret Army" or "Secret Armed Organization," was a French nationalist terrorist organization during the Algerian War (1954-62), which ended in independence for Algeria in July 1962, which was not only the time setting for this movie, but the Algerian War was also the background conflict that propelled much of the plot of this film. Using armed struggle in an attempt to prevent Algeria's independence, OAS's motto was "Algeria is French and will remain so" (L'Algérie est française et le restera). See more »Goofs
One of the songs featured at the party which Maïté and François go to after the movie is "Barbara Ann" by The Beach Boys, which was recorded and released in the fall of 1965, a full three years after the 1962 time setting for this movie. See more »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.See more »
This was a really sensitive and perceptive story about growing up and some of the pain and confusion that goes along with that. The movie is quite quiet and doesn't feel the need to comment on everything as so many American movies do. It is the story of four young French people growing up in Provence in France in the 60s and one of the boys has a homo-erotic experience and thinks that the other boy with whom he has the experience must have enjoyed it. The other boy regrets the experience that he had and when his brother dies in the war in Algeria, he feels obliged to support his family and so declines to pursue any sort of homosexual relationship. He wants to live a respectable sort of life and doesn't want to cause any trouble. The young gay boy is very confused but is a good friend to the teacher's daughter. They enjoy dancing and seeing films and learning about various things. The girl ends up falling for a rather lazy young man who has very different political views than herself. The movie is beautifully filmed and very relaxed and slow. It is a nice reflective movie on the nature of youth and some of the struggles that kids go through. The kids handle the struggles in the typical manner of kids. Sometimes they don't handle them very well and other times they show remarkable grace and common sense. But all in all it is a wonderfully gimmick free movie which really shows how difficult it is to be a kid in any place and at any time. I would really recommend this movie to people.