Aurora (2014 film)

Aurora is a Chilean film written and directed by Rodrigo Sepúlveda. The film was shot in Chile and released in 2014.

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.

The film is based on the life of Bernarda Gallardo.

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,

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.