Aurora is a Chilean film written and directed by Rodrigo Sepúlveda. The film was shot in Chile and released in 2014.
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| Directed by | Rodrigo Sepúlveda |
| Written by | Rodrigo Sepúlveda |
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| Starring | Amparo Noguera, Luis Gnecco, Jaime Vadell, Francisco Pérez-Bannen, Mariana Loyola, Patricia Rivadeneira, Francisca Gavilán, María José Siebald |
| Cinematography | Enrique Stindt |
| Edited by | Andrea Chignoli, José Luis Torres Leiva |
| Music by | Carlos Cabezas |
Production companies | Forastero and Caco |
| Distributed by | Forastero |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | Chile |
| Language | Spanish |
Plot
editThe film is set in the town of Ventanas in the Valparaíso Region of Chile. Sofia (Amparo Noguera) is a local teacher going through the process of adopting a child when she reads in the news about a dead baby found in the local dump. Sofia becomes obsessed with the fate of the dead girl who she called "Aurora". The baby has no legal right to have a name or be buried, so Sofia initiates a legal process that becomes an intimate journey of personal transformation, with devastating consequences on her life.[1]
The film is based on the life of Bernarda Gallardo.[2]
Cast
edit- Amparo Noguera as Sofía
- Luis Gnecco
- Jaime Vadell - Judge Águila
- Francisco Pérez-Bannen - Dr Schultz
- Mariana Loyola
- Patricia Rivadeneira
- María José Siebald
- Daniela Ramírez
Awards
edit- Best Film, International Competition Santiago International Film Festival,[3][4]
Release dates
edit- USA, 2014 Miami International Film Festival)
- South Korea, 5 October 2014 (Busan International Film Festival)
- Chile, 2014 Santiago International Film Festival (Santiago Festival Internacional de Cine) or SANFIC.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Aurara at Forastero Archived November 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine retrieved on November 03, 2014
- ^ Jane Chambers (27 April 2015). "The woman who adopts dead babies". BBC Magazine. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ^ Película "Aurora" inspirada en puertomontina gana premio internacional en Sanfic 2014 elrepuertero.cl October 27, 2014, retrieved on November 19, 2014
- ^ "Sanfic ya tiene ganadores: "Aurora" es elegida mejor película internacional" (ES) Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine El Dínamo, October 27, 2014, retrieved on November 19, 2014