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 Wild Camp review
  
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While it is true that these kinds of camps are more appropriate ground for comedy as they are usually a haven for pretty colorful characters - at least in France - the team behind this film (Christophe Ali & Nicolas Bonilauri) chose a different angle, going for a dark Lolita-take in this love story between an older and unattractive man (Denis Lavant — The Lovers On The Bridge) and a beautiful wild teenager (Isild Le Besco). Wild Camp is shot in a cinéma-vérité style, a realistic approach that undermines aesthetics to focus on emotions. The issue with that kind of choice is that you need to deliver a strong message or tell a strong story, which unfortunately isn't the case here. Filled with stereotypical characters and borrowing a sense of déjà-vu, Wild Camp could work, solely based on the performance of its two leading actors, if it weren't for the grotesque dramatic ending, which looks over-baked and too lazy. Announced earlier in the film with another grotesque — nightmarish — sequence, the climax seems to have been lifted from a romantic 17th century novel and dropped in the middle of this French campsite; as a result, the last moments develop an anachronistic feel, which is even more disappointing coming from a French film: with such a Lolita-esque theme. A more provocative conclusion would have been a happy ending for the two lovers. 
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