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Aaltra(2004)
Status: Released
Date: 2004-06-23
62%
67 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, English, Finnish, French, German.
Countries:
France,
Belgium
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Aaltra
Top 10 Billed Cast
Benoît Delépine
Employee
Gustave Kervern
Farm Labourer
Pierre Carles
Doctor
Aki Kaurismäki
Aaltra's Boss
Bouli Lanners
Finnish Singer
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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
6.187
Rating:
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