French review of Camp X-Ray by @LEXPRESS // @LExpress_Cult

Translation: Miles Teller, Kristen Stewart and Keira Knightley are the stars of Sundance.

Their respective movies, Whiplash, Camp X- Ray and Laggies opened the Sundance festival in style, dear to Robert Redford, but the new Philip Seymour Hoffman movie was a disappointment.

• Camp X Ray by Peter Sattler
While we are used to it, we are still always impressed by the ability of American cinema to use hot political topics that are in the heart of today's preoccupations. Such is the case for this "Camp X-Ray" in which the action takes place inside this camp of Guantanamo, cancer that plagues democratic American values for some, but necessary evil to eradicate terrorism for others. This Guantanamo opened by Bush & that Obama had promised to close... Thie Guantanamo that Sattler describes on a day-to-day basis through the soldiers in charge of the supervision of inmates. One of them in particular, who is going to forge a friendship with one of the other, breaking the rule of this logical war between the two sides. Sattler has the merit of not thinking in a binary and manichean mode in his portrait of the military, like in his description of the prisoners. But this permanent search for balance and this will, somewhat too noticeable, to display a symbol of a possible reconciliation through these two individuals end up enclosing his story in an academic discourse. But the outstanding performance of all the actors prevents any tearful and pessimistic drift. And in the first place, this striking performance by Kristen Stewart as the female lead. She confirms, after Welcome To The Rileys or The Runaways and while awaiting the next Assayas, that she totally set herself free from the Twilight label. And to see the woman who recently found herself harassed by the vultures from the media who have no respect whatsoever for her private life hold the central role of a movie with such a controversial topic says a lot about her temperament. This commitment where only hits are taken is rare enough to be emphasized.


Source: http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/cinema/a-sundance-miles-teller-kristen-stewart-et-keira-knightley-en-vedette_1315217.html

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