Wild Reeds (1994) Les roseaux sauvages (original title)

Director:

André Téchiné

Writers:

André Téchiné
Olivier Massart
(more)

Release Date:

10 May 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

In a village in the Southwest of France, 1962. Maite and Francois are 18 years old. They are friends...

Plot Keywords:

Algeria | Homosexual | Classroom | Friend | Cigarette Smoking

Awards:

8 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Élodie Bouchez	...	Maïté Alvarez
Gaël Morel	...	François Forestier
Stéphane Rideau	...	Serge Bartolo
Frédéric Gorny	...	Henri Mariani
Michèle Moretti	...	Madame Alvarez
Jacques Nolot	...	Monsieur Morelli
Eric Kreikenmayer	...	Pierre Bartolo, the Groom
Nathalie Vignes	...	Irène, the Bride
Michel Ruhl	...	Monsieur Cassagne
Fatia Maite	...	Aicha Morelli
Claudine Taulère	...	Nurse
Elodie Soulinhac	...	Colette, Girl at Party
Dominique Bovard	...	Guard
Monsieur Simonet	...	Guard
Chief Officer Carre	...	Officer
Paul Simonet	...	Monsieur Bartolo
Charles Picot	...	Headmaster
Christophe Maitre	...	Gym Instructor
Bordes Fernand Raouly	...	Madame Bartolo
Michel Voisin	...	Justice of the Peace
Denis Bergonhe	...	Gas Station Attendant

Directed by
André Téchiné

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Olivier Massart
Gilles Taurand
André Téchiné

Produced by
Georges Benayoun	....	producer
Chantal Poupaud	....	associate producer
Paul Rozenberg	....	associate producer
Alain Sarde	....	producer

Cinematography by
Jeanne Lapoirie

Film Editing by
Martine Giordano

Casting by
Jacques Grant
Michel Nasri

Production Design by
Pierre Soula

Set Decoration by
Pierre Soula

Costume Design by
Elisabeth Tavernier

Makeup Department
Marie-Lou Dorion	....	assistant hair stylist
Marie-Lou Dorion	....	assistant makeup artist
Youssef Ferhat	....	key hair stylist
Youssef Ferhat	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Jean-Jacques Albert	....	production manager
Olivier Garabedian	....	assistant unit manager
Fabien Pondevaux	....	assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Denis Bergonhe	....	assistant director
Anne-Isabelle Estrada	....	second assistant director
Jean-Pascal Hattu	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Leonardo Haertling	....	property master
Agnès Lévy	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Yunus Acar	....	boom operator
François Groult	....	sound
Pierre Lorrain	....	sound
Jean-Luc Marino	....	sound editor
Jean-Paul Mugel	....	sound
Brigitte Taillandier	....	sound assistant
Bruno Tarrière	....	sound mixer
Véronique Tiron	....	sound assistant

Stunts
Alain Figlarz	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Thomas Bataille	....	second assistant camera
Germain Desmoulins	....	camera operator
Claude Raymond Ditivon	....	still photographer
Nicolas Dixmier	....	gaffer
Aleksander Kaufmann	....	first assistant camera

Editorial Department
Catherine Schwartz	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Christel Grossenbacher	....	production secretary
Claudine Taulère	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Ima Films (co-production)
• Les Films Alain Sarde (co-production)
• Canal+ (participation)
• IMA Productions (in association with) (as Ima Productions)
• La Sept-Arte (in association with) (as La Sept / Arte)
• Société Française de Production (SFP) (in association with) (as Sfp production)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (participation)

Distributors

• Pan Européenne Distribution (1994) (France) (theatrical)
• StudioCanal (2006) (France) (DVD)
• Prooptiki (1995) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Strand Releasing (1995) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Fox Lorber Home Video (1997) (USA) (DVD) (subtitled)
• Kinokuniya (2002) (Japan) (DVD)
• Panorama Distributions (2010) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Prooptiki Video (1996) (Greece) (VHS)
• Vértigo Films (Spain)
• Vídeo Arte (Brazil) (video)

Other Companies

• Auditel  sound editing
• Car Grip Films  grip
• Chevereau  camera equipment provided by
• D.C.A.  sound transfer
• Kodak  color
• Les Audis Jackson  auditorium
• Microfilms  titles and opticals
• Pyral  sound stock
• S.G.A.C. Bellan  insurance (as SGAC BELLAN & Cie)
• Studio Lincoln  post-synchronisation

Also Known As:

"Les roseaux sauvages" - France (original title)
"The Wild Reeds" - International (English title) (festival title)

Runtime:

110 min | UK:115 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | Dolby SR

Certification:

Germany:12 | Portugal:M/16 (Qualidade) | Spain:13 | UK:15 | Australia:M | USA:Not Rated

Company:

Ima Films

Trivia:

Stéphane Rideau and Gaël Morel have worked together in two films: Wild Reeds (1994) and Far (2001). Also, Gaël Morel has directed Stéphane Rideau in four films: La vie à rebours (1996), Full Speed (1996), Premières neiges (1999) (TV) and 3 Dancing Slaves (2004).

Goofs:

Anachronisms: 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.

Quotes:

Henri Mariani:Give blow jobs instead of sermons. You'd be more honest and useful.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Fluffer (2001)

Soundtrack:

Let's Twist Again

A beautifully and touchingly made teenage drama

Director Techine once again has made a beautiful movie, this time concerning a group of teenage friends in southern France in the early 1960's. Techine uses the Algerian war as a catalyst for the interaction between the 4 friends. As the movie unfolds, each friend discovers how they're involved with one another, in dramatizatons that the French are so good at. Techine makes good use of the idyllic, pastoral French Pyrenee countryside to compliment the personal dramas unfolding in it. You can almost smell and feel the summertime around you. A touchingly-done coming-of-age film for all ages, not just teens. So successful was the pairing of Rideau and Bouchez that they went on to make several other movies together, one of which was directed by Gael Morel, one of the stars in this movie as well.