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Aaltra(2004)
Status: Released
Date: 2004-06-23
63%
61 Votes
Time: 1h 32m
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.
Languages: Dutch, German, English, French, Finnish.
Countries:
France
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Aaltra
Top 10 Billed Cast
Benoît Delépine
L'employé
Gustave Kervern
L'ouvrier agricole
Pierre Carles
Le médecin
Aki Kaurismäki
Le patron Aaltra
Bouli Lanners
Le chanteur finlandais
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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.
Release Date
2004-06-23
Average
6.32
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