Les roseaux sauvages (1994)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.5/10   

Réalisateur:

André Téchiné

Writers:

Olivier Massart (writer)
Gilles Taurand (writer)
(suite)

Release Date:

10 mai 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Drame

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Homosexual | Gay Interest | Beautiful Girl | Teenage Girl | Skinny Dipping

Awards:

8 wins & 4 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

A complex and graceful drama - among the finest French dramas of the 90s

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
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

Réalisé par
André Téchiné

Scénaristes (in alphabetical order)
Olivier Massart		writer
Gilles Taurand		writer
André Téchiné		writer

Produit par
Georges Benayoun	....	producer
Chantal Poupaud	....	associate producer
Paul Rozenberg	....	associate producer
Alain Sarde	....	producer

Image
Jeanne Lapoirie

Montage
Martine Giordano

Distribution des rôles
Jacques Grant
Michel Nasri

Création des décors
Pierre Soula

Décorateur de plateau
Pierre Soula

Création des costumes
Elisabeth Tavernier

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

Directeur de production
Jean-Jacques Albert	....	production manager
Olivier Garabedian	....	assistant unit manager
Fabien Pondevaux	....	assistant production manager

Assistant réalisateur
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

Technicien du son
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

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

Divers
Christelle 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

• Studio Canal (1994) (France) (all media) (rights)
• Pan Européenne Distribution (1994) (France) (theatrical)
• Wild Bunch (2005) (France) (all media) (re-release)
• Studio Canal (2006) (France) (DVD)
• Fox Lorber Home Video (1997) (USA) (DVD) (subtitled)
• Kinokuniya (2002) (Japan) (DVD)
• Strand Releasing (1995) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• 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

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

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Son:

Dolby

Classification:

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

Company:

Ima Films

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.

Movie Connections:

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

Soundtrack:

Barbara Ann

A complex and graceful drama - among the finest French dramas of the 90s

On all fronts WILD REEDS is a top-notch drama - offering a look into the lives of 4 teenagers at a boarding school in rural France in the early 60s, this film is complex and immaculately well-made. Unusual in films depicting adolescence, WILD REEDS is complex and sophisticated, respectful of its' characters' varying sexualities (and their struggles to accept same), while also offering other glimpses of their intelligence and growing independence: views on the Algerian war, which was then raging, and on communism (with one character defined as communist, and another as an ardent anti-communist). The lush cinematography is summery and beautiful throughout, and the cast (most whom have gone on to other notable films) is great throughout.

Techine's direction gives the many strands of this story a great, personal feel - the shoe store scene stands out as an honest depiction of an individual recognizing and trying to accept his sexuality, and attempting to identify other gay people, as a way of lessening isolation, and in an attempt at spontaneously finding some sort of role model. Very thoughtful and very well-made.