Les Roseaux sauvages (Wild Reeds) 1994 André Téchiné [France]

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I have been wanting to watch this for a while and finally just bought it. Will review at a later date.



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Les roseaux sauvages / Altered Innocence*|*1994*|*110 min*| Not rated |*Mar 28, 2023

Foreign/Romance/Drama

[Show spoiler]Video
Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Original aspect ratio: 1.66:1

Audio
French: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0

Subtitles
English

Discs
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)

Packaging
Slipcover in original pressing

Playback
2K Blu-ray: Region A*(locked)

Wild Reeds (French: Les Roseaux sauvages) is a 1994 French drama film directed by André Téchiné about

[Show spoiler]the sexual awakening of four teenagers and their subsequent sensitive passage into adulthood at the end of the Algerian War.

The film was selected as the French entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards, but not nominated. [+]

André Téchiné (French, born 13 March 1943) is a French screenwriter and film director. He has a long and distinguished career that places him among the most accomplished post-New Wave French film directors. [+]

Téchiné belongs to a second generation of French film critics associated with Cahiers du cinéma who followed François Truffaut, Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard and others from criticism into filmmaking. He is noted for his elegant and emotionally charged films that often delve into the complexities of emotions and the human condition. One of Téchiné's trademarks is the examination of human relations in a sensitive but unsentimental way, as can be seen in his most acclaimed films: My Favorite Season (1993) and Wild Reeds (1994).

In his films he addresses various themes related to morality and the development of modern society, such as homosexuality, divorce, adultery, family breakdown, prostitution, crime, drug addiction or AIDS.