Aurora (2014 film)

Aurora is a 2014 Chilean drama film written and directed by Rodrigo Sepúlveda.

Aurora
Directed by	Rodrigo Sepúlveda
Written by	Rodrigo Sepúlveda
Produced by	Florencia Larrea Gregorio González Josefina Undurraga
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	October 2014 (2014-10) (Sanfic)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	Chile
Language	Spanish

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

• Cinema of Chile
• Santiago International Film Festival
• Amparo Noguera
• Busan International Film Festival