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Aurora (2010)

Aurora poster
Directed by
Cristi Puiu
Genre
drama film
Country
Romania, France
Runtime
3h 01m
Rated
U
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 40 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Romanian man navigates his daily life and routines in Bucharest. The film follows him as he carries out a series of actions that gradually reveal a crime.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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