Aaltra

Belgium, France

2004

92 Min

Black and White

2.35:1

Dutch, Finnish, French, German, English

Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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DIR Gustave de Kervern, Benoît Delépine

PROD Guillaume Malandrin, Vincent Tavier

SCR Benoît Delépine, Gustave de Kervern

CAST Benoît Delépine, Gustave de Kervern, Michel de Gavre, Gérard Condejean, Isabelle Delépine

SOUND Laurent Cercleux, Guillaume Le Bras

Rotterdam (Competition), Karlovy Vary (Variety Critics' Choice), London: FIPRESCI Prize, Transilvania (Competition): Audience Award, Göteborg, Chicago, Telluride

Director

Gustave de Kervern (born 1962) is a French film actor, director and screenwriter. He is best known for his collaboration with Benoit Delepine. In 2004 he wrote, directed, and starred in Aaltra with Benoit Delepine. Also with Delepine, he has directed and starred in Avida, which was screened out of competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. The duos film Louise-Michel won a Special Jury Prize at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Their latest film Mammuth starred Gérard Depardieu and Isabelle Adjani. It was nominated for the Golden Bear award at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. —Wikipedia

Benoît Delépine

Benoît Delépine (30 August 1958 –) is a French comedian and film director. He is known for his satirical activities on TV channel Canal+.

Director of the TV program Guignols de l’info for many years, he currently writes TV programs about the fictional country of Groland. He also plays the cynical journalist-reporter Mickael Kael.

In the cinema, Delépine has written and performed in two films. Mickael Kael contre la World News Company, a chess commercial, reprising two elements of the fictional career of the director: his role as a reporter for Groland and the World Company, which he contributed to create for Les Guignols.

In 2004, Aaltra, which he wrote, directed, and starred in with Gustave de Kervern enjoyed critical success. The two companions from the Groland adventure wrote and directed it as a road movie where two enemies travel the roads of northern France and Finland following an accident. Also with Gustave Kervern, he has directed and starred in Avida… read more

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Mehdi Jahan

29Mar13

Dour, Deadpan and Uproariously Hilarious ! Two men embark on a crazy road trip, their mode of conveyance being..well..wheelchairs ! One of the most zany road movies ever ! A fitting tribute to the works of Aki Kaurismaki, (who makes a pretty wicked cameo) n Jacques Tati ! Treading similar paths as Tati's 'Trafic' (the film's name is an overt reference to 'Trafic') ,this film, to some extent, ponders on the absurdity of vehicles,a culture obsessed with vehicles, on the concept of motion itself and communication ! The best thing about dis film is d fact that it's never too sentimental about its two wheelchair bound characters; in fact it does its best to make us loathe them and treat them as two normal human beings who are annoying, ungrateful, spiteful and absolute scoundrels ! n yes..d grainy B n W cinematography is quite gorgeous indeed !