Happy Camper (film)
Happy Camper (French: Camping sauvage) is a Canadian crime comedy film, directed by Sylvain Roy and Guy A. Lepage and released in 2004.[1] The film stars Lepage as Pierre-Louis, an investment banker who is forced into witness protection after witnessing a crime committed by Jackhammer, the leader of a local biker gang.[2] Assigned to a rural trailer park with the new name Marcel Paquette, he has to fight to stay alive after the gang organizes a plan to find him and retaliate.[3]
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Camping sauvage | |
Directed by | Sylvain Roy Guy A. Lepage |
Produced by | Lyse Lafontaine Guy A. Lepage Tony Roman |
Written by | André Ducharme Luc Déry Yves Lapierre |
Starring | Guy A. Lepage Sylvie Moreau Normand D'Amour |
Music by | Ramachandra Borcar |
Cinematography | Serge Desrosiers |
Edited by | Yves Chaput |
Production companies | Ciné-Roman |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
The cast also includes Sylvie Moreau, Normand D'Amour, Réal Bossé and Yves Pelletier.
The film received three Genie Award nominations at the 25th Genie Awards, for Best Art Direction/Production Design (André-Line Beauparlant), Best Costume Design (Sophia Lefebvre) and Best Sound Editing (Guy Pelletier, Claire Pochon, Marie-Claude Gagné, Jean-Philippe Savard and Guy Francoeur).[4] At the 7th Jutra Awards, the film was presented with the Billet d'or as the year's top-grossing Quebec film,[5] and Linda Gordon was nominated for Best Hair.[6]
References
- "Première de Camping sauvage". TVA Nouvelles, July 5, 2004.
- "Camping sauvage – Film de Sylvain Roy et Guy A. Lepage". Films du Québec, December 28, 2008.
- "Irreverent Quebecois camp". Montreal Gazette, July 9, 2004.
- "French films take the lead". The Globe and Mail, February 9, 2005.
- "Jutras go with the underdog". Montreal Gazette, February 21, 2005.
- "A lesser celebration". Montreal Gazette, February 19, 2005.