AALTRA
GUSTAVE KERVERN & BENOÎT DELÉPINE - 2004
 

Les valseuses

In French with English subtitles.

Discussion around coffee and pastries by Coffee Works follows.

BANDE ANNONCE (Movie Trailer) in French

AWARDS

- FIPRESCI Prize, 2004 London Film Festival

REVIEWS

For the bumpy ride that Aaltra offers, there are simply no seatbelts to fasten... Uproariously funny from beginning to end. - Anton Bitel (Eye for Film)

A comic treat for those in a deadpan state of mind, this oddball road movie (...) delivers plenty of hilarious cynicism and quirky charm. - Saxon Bullock (Film4.com)

Director: Gustave Kervern & Benoît Delépine

Screenplay: Gustave Kervern & Benoît Delépine

90 min

International Distribution: Film Movement

ROAD MOVIE & DARK COMEDY

Rated R (Adult & disturbing situations, some violence)

Cast:
Gustave Kervern: Farmer Gus
Benoît Delépine: Ben
Michel de Gavre: The farmer
Gérard Condejean: The Chinese man
Isabelle Delépine: The wife
Benoît Poe!voorde: The motocycle fan
Aki Kaurismäki: the owner of the Aaltra factory

 

Two feuding neighbors both get their legs crushed by a farm tractor and set out on a wheelchair journey through Europe to demand compensation from the tractor’s manufacturer, based in Finland.

Shot in grainy black & white, Aaltra is the first absurdist, politically-incorrect, and darkly funny film by incredible Belgian duo Kervern and Delépine, who brought us LOUISE MICHEL (SFFF 2010) and this year's LE GRAND SOIR. Here, they also star as the two angry protagonists.

One of the funniest dark comedies in the history of cinema.

Don't miss the cameos from famed Finnish director Aki Kausimäki and actor Benoît Poe!voorde (starring in LE GRAND SOIR).

Shown with L’Héritage (The Legacy) by Michaël Terraz.

Saturday, June 27 - Midnight
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