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| Directed by | Rodrigo Sepúlveda |
| Written by | Rodrigo Sepúlveda |
| Produced by |
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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 |
Release date |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | Chile |
| Language | Spanish |
Aurora is a Chilean film written and directed by Rodrigo Sepúlveda. The film was shot in Chile and released in 2014.
Plot
The 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
- 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
- Best Film, International Competition Santiago International Film Festival,[3][4]
Release dates
- 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
References
- ↑ 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
External links
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