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Wild Reeds

1994 · 115 min

A tender, quietly observant coming-of-age drama where political and sexual awakenings intertwine with gentle melancholy.

Overview
As the Algerian War draws to a close, a teenager with a girlfriend starts feeling homosexual urges for two of his classmates: a country boy, and a French-Algerian intellectual.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • sexuality
  • love
  • politics
Places
  • small town
  • school
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
André Téchiné
Written by
Gilles Taurand, André Téchiné, Olivier Massart
Starring
Élodie Bouchez, Gaël Morel, Stéphane Rideau, Frédéric Gorny, Michèle Moretti, Jacques Nolot, Eric Kreikenmayer, Nathalie Vignes
Cinematography
Jeanne Lapoirie
Runtime
115 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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