Wild Reeds

Wild Reeds

1994 · 115 min · FR · 7.0 (148 votes)
Dir. André Téchiné · Starring Élodie Bouchez, Gaël Morel, Stéphane Rideau, Frédéric Gorny, Michèle Moretti, Jacques Nolot
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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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A tender, sun-drenched exploration of burgeoning desire and confusion. It captures the awkwardness and intensity of first love and self-discovery against a backdrop of youthful uncertainty and societal pressures.

melancholictenderyearningnostalgicslow-burnnaturalisticarthousecoming-of-age dramaEuropean cinemacoming-of-ageforbidden loveidentityadolescence
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love triangleprovincesouthern francecoming of agemale homosexualityin the closetheartbreaklgbtsexual awakeninglgbt teenbroken heart1960salgerian war (1954-62)gay theme
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