AALTRA

I watched the DVD "AALTRA."

Synopsis

This irreverent road movie, comedians Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern, who wrote, directed, and co-star, show a distinct flair for understated physical comedy and defiantly non-politically correct 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 sight gags, Aaltra undermines conventional attitudes toward the disabled with its dry wit and acerbic, vengeful characters.

There were a couple of scenes that really cracked me up. It's an excellent idea for a movie and it would be interesting to see an American version.