
Maurice(1987)
After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.


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.

Élodie Bouchez
Maïté Alvarez

Gaël Morel
François Forestier

Stéphane Rideau
Serge Bartolo

Frédéric Gorny
Henri Mariani

Michèle Moretti
Madame Alvarez

Jacques Nolot
Monsieur Morelli
Eric Kreikenmayer
Pierre Bartolo

Nathalie Vignes
Irène

Michel Ruhl
Monsieur Cassagne
Fatia Maite
Aicha Morelli
Wild Reeds is a drama, romance film released in 1994 exploring themes of love triangle, province, southern france, coming of age, male homosexuality, in the closet. Directed by André Téchiné, it stars Élodie Bouchez, Gaël Morel, Stéphane Rideau. 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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