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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. At a boarding school in the south of france in 1962, maite, francois, serge and henri explore friendship. The film was selected as the french entry for the best foreign language film at the 67th academy awards, but not. Wild reeds 1994 10011994 us drama, romance 1h 55m user score. Wild reeds 1994 won four cesars frances equivalent of the oscar, including the award for that years best picture, beating such other notable films as red 1994 and frederic gorny 1994.
Gay essential films to watch wild reeds les roseaux. Its subdued tone becomes the movies greatest strength, since it keeps the films plot events from ever feeling melodramatic. Wild reeds, by contrast, treats the troublesome teenage years with an almost surgical dispassion that turns out to be artful and moving. Jul 21, 1995 andre techines wild reeds is a limpid memory movie about adolescent romance and sexuality, shot in a style that blends the precision of a treatise, the misty lyricism of a poetic confessional.
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