Wild Reeds

Wild Reeds
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAndré Téchiné
Written byOlivier Massart
Gilles Taurand
André Téchiné
Produced byGeorges Benayoun
Alain Sarde
StarringÉlodie Bouchez
Gaël Morel
Stéphane Rideau
Frédéric Gorny
CinematographyJeanne Lapoirie
Edited byMartine Giordano
Distributed byPan Européenne Distribution
Release date
  • 1 June 1994 (1994-06-01)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$3.8 million
Box office$5.2 million[1]

Wild Reeds (French: Les Roseaux sauvages) is a 1994 French drama film directed by André Téchiné about 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.[2]

  1. ^ "Les Roseaux sauvages (Wild Reeds) (1994) - JPBox-Office". Archived from the original on 2010-11-19. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
  2. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences