Aaltra

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Movie
German title Aaltra
Original title Aaltra
Country of production Belgium
France
original language French , English , Finnish , German , Dutch
Publishing year 2004
length 92 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Gustave Kervern
Benoît Delépine
script Gustave Kervern
Benoît Delépine
production Guillaume Malandrin
Vincent Tavier
music Les wampas
camera Hugues Poulain
cut Anne-Laure Guégan
occupation

Aaltra is a Belgian - French comedy film directed by Gustave Kervern and Benoît Delépine from 2004.

action

In a small village near Paris, Monsieur Vives and a rather lazy farm laborer fight almost every day. When Monsieur Vives is out in his car, the farm worker ahead with his tractor almost always obstructs his journey. On the other hand, Vives drives his motorcycle ruthlessly over the farm laborer's property. When Vives loses his job one day and also catches his wife red-handed with a lover, he freaks out. He drives to the farm laborer in the field and attacks him. During the scramble, the trailer buries both of them, so that both are paraplegic.

After unsuccessful suicide attempts, the two of them set off to Finland to visit the trailer manufacturer Aaltra to claim damages. An odyssey through half of Europe begins. They travel to Belgium on the train, but they are completely robbed during their stopover. So they only have the option to hitchhike. With several cheeky ideas you will always find someone who will bring you a little closer to your goal. Even a brief separation cannot stop them. However, both of them often behave very impudently and abuse people's willingness to help, which does not throw a good light on their disabled people.

Vives and the farm worker take the ferry to Finland, where they visit the tractor company Valtra , claim six million euros in damages per head and behave extremely rude. Employees make it clear to them that they are in the wrong company. Aaltra is a few kilometers away. When they get there, they only discover a garage that only wheelchair users work. After the boss sees both of them, he only makes the smug comment with a glance at their wheelchairs that Vives and the farm worker probably know his material well.

criticism

“Pitch black comedy full of absurd visual jokes and an abysmal situational comedy that tells its taciturn story in coarse-grained black and white and thus approaches the silent film aesthetic. The film uses its chance to "target the cramped attitude towards the disabled and the short-winded compassion of the normal."

“Having fun with disabled people and their difficulties in everyday life is mean, vicious and despicable. The only occasion where you can laugh with impunity: Aaltra . The wheelchair user road movie invites you to amuse yourself about the handicap of two warring neighbors who, due to their eccentric nature, arouse anything but pity on the part of the audience. With its well-thought-out comedy, the charm of a European low-budget production and gorgeous minimalist pictures, the film is convincing and at the same time marks the brilliant debut of a new film distributor. "

- Filmstarts.de

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Aaltra. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. Aaltra filmstarts.de