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Wild reeds is one of the most honored of recent french films. I have a suspicion it resonates more deeply for the french than it can for us, because the period of the algerian war resonates in their emotions the way vietnam would for us. Gay essential films to watch, wild reeds les roseaux sauvages wild reeds les roseaux sauvages is a french drama about the passage from childhood to adulthood and sexual awakening. Wild reeds is andre techines delicate, lovingly photographed, strongly acted comingofage story in which a smart, sensitive boy named.
Unusually for a finnish film, most of the dialog is in english as it is. Unusually for a finnish film, most of the dialog is in english as it is the only language shared by the two leading. Les roseaux sauvages wild reeds 1994 dvdrip h264 headbrake download les roseaux sauvages wild reeds 1994 dvdrip h264 headbrake torrent. Originally commissioned by french television, but first released theatrically, this story of four youths struggling with the pressures of becoming adults in 1962 france presents an honest look at all the angst and. Francoiss best friend is a girl maite, but instead he falls in love with a boy serge, whi.
The film had its world premiere at the 2017 bfi london film festival as part of the love strand. The algerian war, as devastating to france as vietnam was to the united states, has ended, and the nation is facing a time of national reflection and identity rebuilding. Francoiss best friend is a girl maite, but instead he falls in love with a boy serge, while serge is falling for maite. The wild reeds music shines when sharon silva, kinsey lee and mackenzie ho. Gay essential films to watch wild reeds les roseaux. As the algerian war draws to a close, a teenager with a girlfriend starts feeling homosexual urges for two of his classmates. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing wild reeds near you. Like a lot of french films, wild reeds opens with a wedding. It is 1962, near the end of the algerian war that bitterly divided france.
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At a boarding school in the south of france in 1962, maite, francois, serge and henri explore friendship. Wild reeds, by contrast, treats the troublesome teenage years with an almost surgical dispassion that turns out to be artful and moving. Read the wild reeds movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. Download les roseaux sauvages wild reeds 1994 dvdrip h264 headbrake torrent or any other torrent from other movies category. Andre techines wild reeds is a limpid memorymovie about adolescent romance and sexuality, shot in a style that blends the precision of a treatise, the misty lyricism of.
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