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Aaltra (2004)
Director: Benoît Delépine
Cast: Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern, Michel de Gavre, Isabelle Delépine
6.9Runtime92 min
Rating15
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In this pitch black comedy the rivalry between two neighbors escalates into an all out war. Through a maintenance error on a tractor they both end up, paralyzed, in a wheelchair. It seems they are doomed to stay together. They no longer focus their rage on each other but on the manufacturer of the tractor, in Helsinki. So get ready for a hilarious wheelchair road movie.
Critical Reception & Ratings
Aaltra, the 2004 film directed by Benoît Delépine, has received a mixed critical reception, with a 6.9/10 rating on IMDb indicating a somewhat positive audience response to this pitch-black comedy about two neighbors who end up paralyzed and in a wheelchair after a tractor accident.
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Fans of dark, absurdist comedy will appreciate the off-the-wall humor and sharp social commentary in Benoît Delépine's 2004 film Aaltra, which follows two rival neighbors who end up paralyzed and forced to work together on a wheelchair-bound road trip to confront the tractor company responsible for their predicament.
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Aaltra is a 2004 Belgian French-language deadpan black comedy film directed and written by Gustave de Kervern and Benoît Delépine. The film won four awards and was nominated for three others.
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