Camping (2006)

Director:

Fabien Onteniente

Writers:

Emanuel Booz, Franck Dubosc,

Stars:

Gérard Lanvin, Mathilde Seigner, Franck Dubosc

2 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gérard Lanvin	...	Michel Saint-Josse
Mathilde Seigner	...	Sophie Gatineau
Franck Dubosc	...	Patrick Chirac
Claude Brasseur	...	Jacky Pic
Mylène Demongeot	...	Laurette Pic
Antoine Duléry	...	Paul Gatineau
Christine Citti	...	Madame Chatel
Frédérique Bel	...	Christy Bergougnoux
Laurent Olmedo	...	Le 37
Abbes Zahmani	...	Mendez, le garagiste
François Levantal	...	Boyer
Armonie Sanders	...	Vanessa Saint-Josse
Edéa Darcque	...	Sidy Mendez
Noémie Elbaz	...	Jessica
Michael Hofland	...	Cornelius (as Michaël Hofland)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

summer holiday | camping | tree | friendship | garage | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

Pathé [fr]

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

26 April 2006 (France)

Also Known As:

Campistas

Filming Locations:

Arcachon, Gironde, France

Box Office

Budget:

€14,230,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alicéléo, Pathé, France 2 (FR2)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

In the beginning, his assistant announces Mr. Saint Josse that his wife had called him five times. However, it is revealed later that his wife had dumped him some time before. Since their daughter lived with him, there is no reason why his wife would have called him.

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Connections

Followed by Camping 2 (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Lady Lay"
Performed by Pierre Groscolas

User Reviews

you'll never do what common people in camping do

This vehicle chiefly destined to highlight the humorist Franck Dubosc whose irresistible one-man shows partly revolved around his experiences as a camper flocked millions of French viewers in the French theaters (more than about 5 millions). Dubosc was the main attraction and from a popular standpoint, the experience galvanized him to work with the director Fabien Onteniente for his stale "Disco" (2008).

However, from an artistic perspective, "Camping" will never revolutionize French comedy. Actually, it's a comedy in which one never really laughs even if several cues or sequences make smile. I dig the moments when Dubosc introduces his tent and the rules of life to Gérard Lanvin and his wife. The latter comes from an upper-class milieu and because his car broke down, has no other choice than to stay for a few days in a camp with French common people. As Pulp sang in their terrific song: "you'll never do what common people do", that's exactly the same with him. Anyway, the tenet of a man who has to cope with a new world is so hackneyed that Onteniente doesn't try to renew it. His film accumulates the different predictable links of the chain of the story following an ultra-mapped scheme. Ditto for the other campers whose "problems" make me yawn. Too bad for Mathilde Seigner and Claude Brasseur who deserve better than this. At best, Onteniente tries to follow other narrative directions but quickly gives them up.

Lanvin offers a wooden acting and Dubosc gives us his little act but in a more subdued way than in his shows. His aficionados may want to watch this corny piece of work and it's perhaps the category of viewers the film is mostly destined to.