Aaltra

Jun 23, 2004

1h 32m

★ 6.3

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

La Parti Production

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Cast

L'employé

Benoît Delépine

L'ouvrier agricole

Gustave Kervern

Le paysan

Michel de Gavre

L'épouse

Isabelle Delépine

Le Chinois

Gérard Condejean

Le patron

Pierre Ghenassia

Le médecin

Pierre Carles

L'amant

Jan Bucquoy

Le patron Aaltra

Aki Kaurismäki

Le chanteur finlandais

Bouli Lanners

La finlandaise bavarde

Irmeli Debarle

La morte mystérieuse

Thérèse Kobankaya

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