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

Plot

The film is set in the town of Ventanas in the

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. 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. The film is based on the life of Bernarda Gallardo.

Cast

* Amparo Noguera as ''Sofía'' *

Luis Gnecco Luis Enrique Gnecco Dessy (born 12 December 1962) is a Chilean actor. Besides his work in Chilean telenovelas and films ('' Johnny 100 Pesos'', the Academy Award nominated '' No'', ''El bosque de Karadima'', ''A Fantastic Woman'' and '' Neruda ...

Jaime Vadell Jaime Patricio Vadell Amión (born 6 October 1935) is a Chilean film, theatre and television actor. He is one of the most recognisable faces in Chilean telenovelas and cinema, having played key roles in films directed by Raúl Ruiz, Silvio Cai ...

- ''Judge Águila'' *

Francisco Pérez-Bannen Francisco Pérez-Bannen (born Francisco Pérez Bannen on January 16, 1971, in Santiago) is a Chilean film and television actor. Biography Pérez-Bannen studied at Colegio Verbo Divino school and in 1992 joined Escuela Fernando González to stu ...

- ''Dr Schultz'' * Mariana Loyola * Patricia Rivadeneira * María José Siebald * Daniela Ramírez

Awards

* Best Film, International Competition

Santiago International Film Festival The Santiago International Film Festival (; SANFIC) is a film festival that launched in 2005. As its name suggests, the festival takes place in Santiago, Chile. Along with the well-known Valdivia International Film Festival, SANFIC has become on ...

,"Sanfic ya tiene ganadores: "Aurora" es elegida mejor película internacional" (ES)
El Dínamo, October 27, 2014, retrieved on November 19, 2014

Release dates

* USA, 2014

Miami International Film Festival The Miami Film Festival, formerly Miami International Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Miami, Florida, each March. Since 2015 the festival also runs a smaller Fall Festival, known as the Miami Film Festival GEMS, which presents ...

) * South Korea, 5 October 2014 (

Busan International Film Festival The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF; ), formerly the Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF), held annually in Haeundae District, Busan, South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festival, held fro ...

) * Chile, 2014

(Santiago Festival Internacional de Cine) or SANFIC.

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