Wild Reeds Summary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: André Téchiné
Genres: Drama
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This is a nostalgic French coming-of-age drama from director Andre_Techine set in a Provence deeply divided over the war for independence being waged against French colonialism in Algeria. In 1962, Francois (Gael_Morel) and Maite (Elodie_Bouchez) are best friends and students at a boarding school in southwestern France, where Maite's mother Madame Alvarez (Michele_Moretti) is an instructor. Francois is realizing he's gay because of his attraction to his working class roommate Serge (Stephane_Rideau). Although Serge seduces Francois one night, he is not gay and is actually attracted to Maite. So is Henri (Frederic_Gorny), a radically-politicized Algerian-born Frenchman who supports France in the war, an unpopular position, particularly with Madame Alvarez, a communist. The classroom sparring between Henri and Alvarez galvanizes the school, but then word comes that Serge's older brother has been killed in the war. Madame Alvarez, who loved him but refused to help him desert the military, becomes so unhinged that she must be sent away for treatment. Wild Reeds (1994) won four Cesars (France's equivalent of the Oscar), including the award for that year's Best Picture, beating such other notable films as Red (1994) and Queen_Margot (1994). Karl Williams, Rovi
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