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23 June 2004 (Belgium)
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Mr Vives is not fond of the lazy farmer's hand who keeps blocking the road with his large harvester...
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A black-and-white 'black' comedy treat with a sting…
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Benoît Delépine | ... | L'employé |
| Gustave de Kervern | ... | L'ouvrier agricole (as Gustave K/Vern) |
| 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 |
| Céline Normand | ... | Infirmière |
| Martine Peigné | ... | Infirmière |
| Carine Liénard | ... | Infirmière |
| Nathalie Carpentier | ... | Infirmière |
| Dada Avrel | ... | Le kiné |
| Jean-Michel Carlier | ... | Ambulancier bavard |
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France:92 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Portugal:M/16 |
Norway:11 |
Argentina:13 |
Netherlands:MG6 |
Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15 |
Sweden:7
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Forget about Thelma and Louise (1991), The Sugarland Express (1974) and others: this is a road movie with a real difference – actually many differences.
First, it's shot in beautiful, stark black-and-white, always the best, in my opinion, for watching faces – the shadows bringing out the grimaces, smiles, sadness, despair etc, in a way that colour misses. Second, most of the players in this story are nameless. Third, there is virtually no musical sound track; but there is a hilarious scene at a biker gathering when le chanteur finlandais (Bouli Lanners) sings – in English – the well know blues song, 'Sonny'. And, finally, the story is told more or less visually, as good cinema should; while the sparse dialog fills in the narrative 'gaps' for the viewer.
It doesn't start as a road movie at all: two locals in a provincial town have an argument that results in both of them rendered paralyzed from the waist down. After a period of hospitalization, they both return to their homes in wheelchairs, realizing that their lives are ruined unless they try to get compensation from the company that produced the faulty equipment that caused their injuries. So, they decide to go to Finland together, to the headquarters of the company – Aaltra – and demand compensation. And so, they begin their journey…in wheelchairs! The rest of the story isn't really about Aaltra, at all. Instead, the directors – who also play the two paralyzed protagonists – use that scenario to explore and satirize how ordinary people treat the wheelchair bound and vice-versa, setting up some moments of side-splitting humour and irony as the two travel 3000 km to finally reach their objective. And, what an objective it is...which I'll leave you to discover.
For me, this movie is a treat, a feast about why people go out of their way to be helpful, kind, difficult, unpleasant, devious, obnoxious etc – and what can happen when they lose the capacity for trying to understand another's point of view. It's an object lesson for all, and a very funny one to boot.
Highly recommended for all lovers of good cinema and clever comedy.