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Een ongeschoren man ligt op zijn rug, met zijn kleren aan. Langzaam komt hij bij zijn positieven. Er klinkt een indringend piepje. Hij kijkt eens om zich heen. Het is niet de wekker; het geluid komt uit de pinautomaat. De man staat op, pakt zijn pasje en geld, en stapt de deur van de bank uit, de nacht in.

Zo begint El aura, de tweede speelfilm van de Argentijnse regisseur en scenarioschrijver Fabián Bielinsky, die in 2000 hoge verwachtingen wekte met zijn debuut Nueve reinas (Nine Queens). Met El aura bevestigt Bielinsky zijn talent, maar daar zal het ook bij blijven: op 28 juni 2006 - de film was net begonnen aan een zegetocht langs internationale festivals - stierf Bielinsky aan een hartaanval. Hij werd 47 jaar. 

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Studio: Patagonik Film Group SA

DVD Release Date: March 1, 2006


Director: Fabian Bielinsky


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The Aura will go down in history as a great film with a tragic loss attached to it. This totally original and deeply involving thriller was the second and final feature film by Fabian Bielinsky, a gifted Argentinian writer-director whose debut feature, Nine Queens, earned global acclaim and introduced Bielinsky as a talent to watch. Sadly, Bielinsky died of a sudden heart attack in June 2006, at age 47, and we"ll never know what other great films he might have made.

The Aura stands as testament to Bielinsky"s masterful skill, on full display in this riveting study of a sad and lonely taxidermist named Espinosa (played by Ricardo Darin, who was also in Nine Queens) who compensates for his disappointing life by imagining elaborate crimes that he"s planned to perfection.

The film"s title refers to the semi-conscious fugue state that precedes the taxidermist"s epileptic seizures, inducing a sense of disorientation and dread that Bielinsky uses to deepen the film"s psychological impact. Darin"s dour, worried expression is a fascinating focal point for his character"s unpredictable journey into the heart of darkness, and The Aura"s primary setting, in the thick forest of Patagonia, is a perfect complement to the film"s ominous atmosphere and deliberately paced intrigue.

The Aura is clearly the work of a filmmaker with seemingly limitless potential, and we can only wonder about the excellent films Bielinsky would have made had he lived.



Format: NTSC

DVD Size: 7.42 + 2.06 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy

Runtime (main feature): 134 minutes

Type: Color

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 | Non-Anamorphic

Sound (main feature): Spanish DD5.1 | Spanish DD2.0

Subtitles: optional English | Spanish



SET FEATURES (no english subs on disc 2):

# Deleted Scenes (7 clips);
# Extended Multiangle Scene (1 clip);
# Storyboard Comparision;
# Art Direction (3 clips);
# Making Of Featturette (3 min);
# Production Notes, Cast & Filmmaker bios;
# Darin & Bielinsky Interviews (6 min);
# Theatrical and TV Trailers (7 clips).


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