Aaltra (2004)
Directed by Gustave de Kervern, Benoît Delépine

Comedy / Drama

Film Synopsis

Two neighbours living in the country, somewhere in northern France, have grown to hate one another.  Their interminable feud almost costs them their lives when, in the course of another falling out, a skip collapses on top of them.  Paralysed from the waist down, they leave hospital in wheelchairs.  Meeting by chance on a railway platform, they agree to embark on a fantastic project together: to claim compensation from the manufacturer of the skip that has blighted their lives.  Their enmity buried, the two neighbours can finally get to know one another...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Gustave de Kervern, Benoît Delépine
  • Script: Gustave de Kervern, Benoît Delépine
  • Cinematographer: Hugues Poulain
  • Music: Les Wampas
  • Cast: Benoît Delépine (L'employé), Gustave de Kervern (L'ouvrier agricole), Michel de Gavre (Le paysan), Gérard Condejean (Le Chinois), Isabelle Delépine (L'épouse), Pierre Ghenassia (Le patron), Fred Martin (Le collègue), Jan Bucquoy (L'amant), Pierre Carles (Le médecine), Benoît Poelvoorde (L'amateur de moto-cross)
  • Country: France / Belgium
  • Language: English / Finnish / French / German / Dutch
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 92 min

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