Les roseaux sauvages (1994)

Réalisateur:

André Téchiné

Scénaristes:

Olivier Massart (writer)
Gilles Taurand (writer)

Date de sortie:

10 mai 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Drame

Intrigue:

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

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Algeria | Homosexual | Classroom | Sunflower

Récompenses:

8 wins & 4 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Refreshing and subtle

Ensemble

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

Autre(s) titre(s):

The Wild Reeds (International: English title) (festival title)
Wild Reeds (USA)

Durée:

110 min | UK:115 min

Pays:

France

Langue:

Français

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,66 : 1

Son:

Dolby

Classification:

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

Société:

Ima Films

Anecdotes:

Stéphane Rideau and Gaël Morel have worked together in two films: Les roseaux sauvages (1994) and Loin (2001). Also, Gaël Morel has directed Stéphane Rideau in four films: La vie à rebours (1994), À toute vitesse (1996), Premières neiges (1999) (TV) and Le clan (2004).

Guillemet:

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.

Connexions De Film:

version de "Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge...: Le chêne et le roseau (#1.1)" (1994)

Bande son:

Frühlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring)

Refreshing and subtle

I liked the movie even if I was left with the feeling that there was no real end to it (a common thing in French movies). It was superbly acted by four young comedians perfectly cast. The relations between them are ambiguous. Still, more depth could have been given to their characters and the story.

Nevertheless, there is an overall subtlety to the movie, something that makes it light even if the topics are not always light (Francois discovers he is gay and have some problems dealing with it, Henri is a pied noir in France at the end of the Algeria war and is in a delicate situation, not speaking about Serge who loses his brother to that same war and Maite who is somewhat oppressed by her mother who is a die hard communist militant).

It was very refreshing to see. You need to be familiar with the history of Algeria war and the tensions of that time though to fully follow. A film I would recommend to many people.