Aaltra

Aaltra
Film poster
Directed byGustave de Kervern
Benoît Delépine
Written byGustave de Kervern
Benoît Delépine
Produced byGuillaume Malandrin
Vincent Tavier
StarringBenoît Delépine
Gustave de Kervern
Michel de Gavre
Gérard Condejean
CinematographyHugues Poulain
Edited byAnne-Laure Guégan
Music byLes Wampas
Production
companies
La Parti Productions
Moviestream
OF2B Productions
Distributed byAd Vitam Distribution (France)
Release date
  • 13 May 2004 (2004-05-13) (France)
Running time
92 minutes
CountriesBelgium
France
LanguagesFrench
English
Finnish
German
Dutch

Aaltra is a 2004 Belgian French-language deadpan black comedy film directed and written by Gustave de Kervern and Benoît Delépine. The film won four awards and was nominated for three others.

Plot

Benoit Delepine plays a harassed businessman who, frazzled by commuting to his office, is working from home against company rules. While arguing with a jobbing farmworker (Gustave Kervern), whose tractor is spraying herbicide into his garden he is summoned to the office by his angry bosses. However, his car becomes stuck behind the tractor. The farmworker will not let him pass, resulting in the businessman missing the train and losing his job. Frustrated, he seeks out the farmworker and assaults him.[1]

The two wake up in hospital, having been crushed by a malfunctioning farm machine as they struggled. They are now confined to wheelchairs and both set out for Finland to seek out the eponymous farm machine manufacturer to demand compensation.

Cast

Accolades

Won

Nominations

See also

References

  1. ^ Warner, Alan (6 December 2009). "On Aaltra". The Observer. Archived from the original on 2014-08-29.


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