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Aurora (2010 film)

Field	Value
name	Aurora
image	Aurora film.jpg
director	Cristi Puiu
producer	Anca Puiu
Bobby Păunescu
writer	Cristi Puiu
starring	Cristi Puiu
cinematography	Viorel Sergovici
editing	Ion Ioachim Stroe
studio	Mandragora
released
runtime	181 minutes
country	Romania
language	Romanian
budget	€ 2 million

Bobby Păunescu Aurora is a 2010 Romanian film written and directed by Cristi Puiu, who also plays the main character. Producer Anca Puiu has described the plot as a "crime story from a new perspective." It is the second installment in Puiu's planned suite "Six Stories from the Outskirts of Bucharest", the first being The Death of Mr. Lazarescu from 2005. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.

Cast

Cristi Puiu as Viorel
Clara Vodă as Gina
Valeria Seciu as Pusa
Gelu Colceag as Mr. Livinski
Luminița Gheorghiu as Mioara Avram
Gigi Ifrim as neighbour
Lucian Ifrim
Carmela Culda
Ileana Puiu as Olguța
Catrinel Dumitrescu as Mrs. Livinski

Synopsis

The main character, Viorel, is divorced. He does not handle the divorce very well. In a car park, he murders the notary that represented his former wife, along with the woman who happens to be with the notary. He then murders his former in-laws. At the end, he turns himself in to the police, confessing to the murders. The film follows him as he prepares for the murders, buying the illegally made firing pins, and purchasing a shotgun.

Production

Production was led by the Romanian company Mandragora, and co-produced by France's Société Française de Coproduction, Switzerland's Bord Cadre Films and Germany's Essential Filmproduktion. The total production budget was 2 million Euro, including 380,000 Euro from the Romanian National Center of Cinematography and 250,000 Euro from Eurimages. Puiu spent five months searching for an appropriate lead actor before deciding to cast himself. Since the role involved several driving scenes he had to get a driving licence before filming could begin. Filming took place between February and May 2009.

References

Blaga, Iulia. (2010-03-11). "Aurora winds up postproduction". Film New Europe.
Lavallee, Eric. (2009-04-29). "Cristi Puiu Gets Behind and In Front of 'Aurora'". Ioncinema.com.
"2010 Cannes Film Festival: Un Certain Regard". festival-cannes.com.

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