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AURORA

Synopsis

A mesmerizing new masterwork from Cristi Puiu, director of the critically-acclaimed The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, Aurora is a murder mystery turned on its head—where the mystery's not the culprit, but the motive. Inside a non-descript apartment, a man and a woman discuss the inconsistencies in "Little Red Riding Hood," their voices hushed, mindful of waking the little girl sleeping in the next room. Behind a line of abandoned trailers, on the outskirts of Bucharest, the same man waits for something or someone to arrive. At a nearby factory, he collects two hand-made firing pins secretly prepared by a coworker. The man's name is Viorel. He is 42 years old, divorced, a father of two, and today he will carry out a plan that will bring order to his world.

Special Features

· Cigarettes and Coffee (2004, 15 minutes)—a short film by Cristi Puiu, winner of the Golden Bear for Short Film at the Berlin Film Festival
· Theatrical Trailer
· Booklet featuring director's notes

Film Reviews

"A slow-burning tour de force."
—Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

"Extraordinary... a terrifying, clinically detailed study of a paranoid multiple murderer."
—Amy Taubin, Artforum

"It's refreshing to be in the hands of a director who knows what violence is."
—Ty Burr, Boston Globe

"Remarkable. A murder-mystery in which the killer's identity is known but his motives are not."
—J. Hoberman, Village Voice

Trailer