{"id":541,"date":"2014-01-07T16:20:19","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T00:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/?p=541"},"modified":"2014-01-07T16:20:19","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T00:20:19","slug":"movie-review-aaltra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/movie-review-aaltra\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review: Aaltra"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If your complaint up to this point has been “not enough movies about disagreeable men in wheelchairs” and\/or “not enough non-Russian films about tractors” then I direct you to the Belgian film AALTRA. It also features Finnish director Aki Kaurism\u00e4ki (Leningrad Cowboys) in an acting\u00a0role.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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If your complaint up to this point has been “not enough movies about disagreeable men in wheelchairs” and\/or “not enough non-Russian films about tractors” then I direct you to the Belgian film AALTRA. It also features Finnish director Aki Kaurism\u00e4ki (Leningrad Cowboys) in an acting\u00a0role. 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