Eduardo Pinheiro i'm not a pseudo-intellectual trying to feel good watching intellectual black and white french movies. I actually want to be entertained. One guy is attacked by surprised by the other guy that arrived in a motorcycle and stopped 2 meters behind him? Need to say more? Maybe a hybrid motorcycle? Did Elon Musk financed this movie? Reading the synapse this scene is catalyst of the ensuing plot of the movie. If a scene of this importance is treated like this...An it's not like until that point, the movie did anything to make you keep watching, the premise has been used and abused. So yes, this is the review of the fist 13 minutes of the movie. If i want to be entertained with bad writing and nonsense i watch so blockbuster action movie.

Dirk Tilger What I liked about the movie was the unusual setting and the style of it. I have to admit, though I like some good black humor, I didn't find the bizarreness of this movie particularly amusing. However the thought crossed my mind that when watching this movie in a theater with others it might be more funny.The characters were somewhat flat, though they felt real. I liked more scenes towards the end of the movie, particularly the visit to the German family and the end.I vote it one point over average for its unusualness and the style the movie was done. I liked the artistic aura of it.

sarbryt To me this film epitomises the surreal underbelly of everyday life. I don't think it constitutes a "spoiler" to say that the film portrays in a strangely endearing way the boyish pigheadedness of grown men and the strength this and their devotion to their obsessions can give them. It also portrays the bleak loneliness of the island each man can become if he's not very lucky and the unlikely ways in which this loneliness can be alleviated.Visually, I enjoyed the painterly quality of the over lighting of many scenes, which allows moments of reflection and, in the tradition of true art, encourages the viewer to see everyday objects or scenes in a new light. Again, I don't think it spoils anything as it's merely a brief passing scene, to suggest you look out for example for the tall thin man in the wheelchair at the railway station, disappearing into the light after passing one of the main protagonists in a doorway - it reminded me of the paintings of Francis Bacon among others. Even grim events can have a visual beauty, or at the least an arresting quality about them, and this is a film that has the courage to flaunt the fact and doesn't shy away from what is at first sight mundane or ugly. And as it highlights the hidden beauty of many ugly things so it also highlights the humour that can accompany the most unfortunate events. Even dreadful people have stories worth telling. As regards the humour, it is indeed black and cynical but at the same time, and as is reinforced by the ending, it actually leaves the viewer (or this one at any rate) with a warm feeling and a sense almost of admiration for the sheer dogged tenacity and survival instinct of the two main protagonists. Moreover, the humour marinated in my mind so that next day, when trying to recount some of the scenes to friends, I found myself crying with laughter so that I was barely coherent, and seeing even more humour than I had noticed at the time.This is not an unpolished piece of work; it is in fact skillful and deceptively subtle. A more obviously polished style would have sat uncomfortably with the spirit of the piece. It works on more than one level, rewarding anyone who can view it completely clear of any assumptions, prejudices or unnecessarily prudish criteria. It doesn't waste time being polite, it just tells it like it is. Remember you're just watching it. It's only fiction and art and you don't need to approve or disapprove. Just experience and hopefully enjoy. I can't wait for it to be available on DVD so I can share it with my friends.

danielsaraga Aaltra is definitely worth a try. The photography (grainy black-and-white) is very well composed, and the pictures are often beautiful, or at least kind of puzzling --even though they are merely showing a train, a field, or a tractor....The film is clearly pretty odd, and reminded me of the absurd atmosphere present in Kaurismakis' movie. Better, the film has a refreshing cynical black humor and has the courage of treating wheel-chair people without being patronizing at all (i.e., without any more respect than everybody else)... The humour reminded me a little bit of Man Bites Dog (C'est arrive pres de chez vous), although in a much milder tone which should be more acceptable for the mainstream.Despite these qualities, it seems that a clear narrative (as well as geographical) direction what was lacking. I did not really have strong feelings for the story or its characters, which left me definitely seduced, but not enthralled.