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- ↑ "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.
