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Aaltra / by Gustave de Kervern and Benoît Delépine.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- New world cinema: independent features & shorts, 1990-present.
- New world cinema: independent features & shorts, 1990-present
- Language:
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Friendship--Drama.
- Friendship.
- People with paraplegia.
- People with paraplegia--Drama.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Comedy films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (90 min.) : sound, color.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Aaltra : vihaiset jalattomat miehet
- Aaltra : a road movie
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Film Movement, 2004.
- Language Note:
- This edition in Finnish, English, Dutch, and French with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Comedians Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern, who wrote, directed, and co-star in this irreverent road movie, show a distinct flair for understated physical comedy and defiantly non-PC humor. Rural neighbors who hate each other come to blows one day on a farm and get tangled up in an agricultural tractor, leaving them both paralyzed, wheelchair-bound, and simmering with spite. But rather than feel sorry for themselves, the embittered paraplegics decide to seek revenge against the tractor's manufacturer. They take to the road, redirecting their frustrations with their plights towards the people they meet on the way to Helsinki. Captured in sharp black-and-white Cinemascope photography that complements its exquisite Tati-like sight gags, Aaltra undermines conventional attitudes toward the disabled with its dry wit and acerbic, vengeful characters. Look for some recognizable cameos, including famous Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames (New World Cinema, viewed Apr. 9, 2014).
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (New world cinema: independent features & shorts, 1990-present). Available via World Wide Web.
- Nominated 2004 Chicago International Film Festival Gold Hugo Award, New Directors Competition; Nominated 2004 Copenhagen International Film Festival Golden Swan Award; Won 2005 Joseph Plateau Award, Best Belgian Actor; Nominated 2005 Joseph Plateau Award, Best Belgian Film; Won 2005 London Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize; Won 2004 Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, Best Actor Award; Nominated 2004 Rotterdam International Film Festival Tiger Award; Won 2004 Transilvania International Film Festival Audience Award, Official Competition
- OCLC:
- 881524815
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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