Aaltra

Aaltra

Aaltra

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Aaltra

2004

1h 32m

6.2(67 votes)

Comedy

Drama

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.

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La Parti Production

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Benoît Delépine

Benoît Delépine

Employee

Gustave Kervern

Gustave Kervern

Farm Labourer

Michel de Gavre

Peasant

Isabelle Delépine

Employee's Spouse

Gérard Condejean

Chinois Man

Pierre Ghenassia

Boss

Pierre Carles

Pierre Carles

Doctor

Jan Bucquoy

Lover

Aki Kaurismäki

Aki Kaurismäki

Aaltra's Boss

Bouli Lanners

Bouli Lanners

Finnish Singer

Creative team

Directed by: Benoît Delépine
Gustave Kervern
Written by: Benoît Delépine
Gustave Kervern

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