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Today's gayish film was André Techine's

Les Roseaux Sauvages / Wild Reeds (1994)

Sexual awakenings among a group of four young adults aimed mostly in the wrong directions, where no individual gets who s/he wants but manages to make a good friend and learn some important lessons. Ageless.

What is different here is that everything, including the gay kid, who is the one we are rooting for, gets out unscathed. More or less.La ronde.

The story is also against the backdrop of Algeria. Something that is still going on some 20-30 years later. And more.

A great job by this director in the beautiful countryside.

I included it here because of its gay theme which was treated very well for the time. But the French have never had the US odd attitude toward sexuality in general never mind the gay flavor.

I saw it before and it rated a 3 out of Netflix5.

But I did want to see it again so it was a false three. It should have been a 5 because I remembered it enough to go find it.

The DVD is titled.

Labels: gay films