Review of Aurora

Aurora (I) (2010)
heavy, but refined movie
27 July 2011
Warning: Spoilers
Heavy movie, especially watching it now, after the Norwegian massacre.. But definitely worth seeing, makes you think about all those annoying people in your life that you wished you'd never come across (or dead). His character goes a bit further than that.. actually takes the gun and shoots them. And somehow you empathise with him, you find those people around him terribly vulgar and intrusive, shameless. It's strange how lonely the character is in his sense of respect and dignity ("bun simt" in Romanian) - but to anyone who has been in an absurd Romanian situation - police, administration, school, hospital - knows how lonely you can feel when nobody else except you realises or cares about how ridiculous that situation is.. Chapeau bas for Puiu stepping in those shoes and playing the main part. I would have given him a 10 - definitely for the script and acting - but found the camera work a little disappointing, a lot of shaking and bad shots. Also found the naked shower scene completely unnecessary.
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