The Aura
a FABIAN BIELINSKY picture
Synopsis
Espinoza is an introverted taxidermist who secretly dreams of executing the perfect robbery. On his first ever hunting trip, in the calm of the Patagonian forest, his dreams are unexpectedly made reality with one squeeze of the trigger. Espinoza accidentally kills a man who turns out to be a real criminal and becomes heir to his scheme: the heist of an armored van carrying casino profits. Caught up in a world of complex new rules and frightening violence, Espinoza’s inexperience puts him in real danger. However, he has another, more dangerous liability: he is an epileptic. Before each seizure he is visited by the “aura”: a paradoxical moment of confusion and enlightenment where the past and future seem to blend. These attacks appear without notice when he least expects them, just when he needs all his wits about him… By the director of Nine Queens.
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Press
"It's a gripping crime story but what makes this movie really unusual
NY TIMES
and interesting is that it's also a psychological character study
with a dark, brooding, intense sense of place and of human fatality."
"It takes some very interesting and unpredictable twists and turns."
“Beautifully observed.”
INDIEWIRE
“Spectacular use of the medium.”
"Serves as further evidence that Argentina's film industry is at the forefront of a resurgent Latin American cinema."
LA Weekly
"A highly enjoyable and entertaining thriller with enough twist and turns to keep audiences guessing until the very end."
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"One of the most clever, most enjoyable thriller in years."
Chicago Tribune
“Exquisitely controlled and hypnotic.”
NEWSDAY
Festivals
& Awards
Academy Awards - Best Foreign Language Film
Official Argentine Selection
Sundance International Film Festival
San Sebastian International Film Festival
In Competition
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
Won Silver Condor
Cartagena Film Festival
Golden India Catalina for Best Director
Havana Film Festival
FIPRESCI Prize for Best Film
Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
Helsinki International Film Festival
Chicago International Film Festival
Warsaw Film Festival
Cast & Crew
| Ricardo Darín | |
|---|---|
| Dolores Fonzi | |
| Pablo Cedrón | |
| Jorge D’elia | |
| Alejandro Awada | |
| Manuel Rodal |
| Written and Directed by | Fabian Bielinsky |
|---|---|
| Producers | Pablo Bossi, Samuel Hadida, Gerardo Herrero, Mariela Besuievsky |
| Cinematography | Checo Varese |
| Editors | Alejandro Carrillo Penovi, Fernando Pardo |
| Sound | Carlos Abbate, José Luis Díaz |
| Music | Lucio Godoy |
| Art Director | Mercedes Alfonsin |
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