Aaltra

Aaltra

★ 6.2IMDb Score
Released:2004-06-23
Duration:92 min
Director:Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern
Actors:Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern, Michel de Gavre, Isabelle Delépine, Gérard Condejean
Production:La Parti Production

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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