Aurora (2006 film)

Aurora is a Ukrainian film by Oksana Bairak. It was premiered on November 30, 2006.

Aurora
Film poster
Directed by	Oksana Bairak
Written by	Cameron Boyce
Starring	Anastasia Zyurkalova Dmitry Kharatyan Eric Roberts Anastasia Meskova Viktor Stepanov
Cinematography	Vitaliy Konevtsov
Music by	Valeriy Tyshler
Distributed by	IntVestDistribution Studio Bairak
Release date	2006 (2006)
Running time	115 minutes
Languages	English, Russian, Ukrainian

Plot

The film is about a little girl named Aurora who suffered as a result of the Chernobyl disaster of 1986. Aurora is taken to the United States where she is supposed to get surgery. She meets a man with a ruined life and helps him become a refined character.

Cast

• Nastya Zyurkalova as Aurora
• Dmitry Kharatyan as Nik Astakhov
• Eric Roberts as Mr. Brown
• Anastasiya Meskova as Margo
• Anastasiya Bunina as Natalya
• Varvara Filipchuk
• Vlad Gerasimov
• Vladimir Goryanskiy
• Yekaterina Kachan
• Sergey Malyuga
• Oleg Maslennikov
• Irina Pogulyay
• Natalya Natalushko
• Stanislava Khomenko
• Dima Martimyanov
• Alla Maslennikova
• Yelena Petrashko
• Larisa Pretorius

Awards

The film was nominated as Ukraine's entry for an Oscar as Best Foreign Language Film.

In 2007 and 2008, the main music theme of the movie, also called Aurora, was used by the Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast Anna Bessonova for her hoop routine, which was applauded well.

See also

• List of submissions to the 79th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Ukrainian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

External links

• Official website
• Aurora at IMDb
• Avrora Trailer