Aurora

Estonia | 2025 | 111 min

Language: Estonian

Subtitles: English

Suitable for audiences aged 12 and above

Director(s): Rain Tolk, Andres Maimik

Script: Andres Maimik, Rain Tolk

Cast: Maarja Johanna Mägi, Ott Kartau, Jörgen Liik, Kersti Heinloo, Indrek Taalmaa, Rea Lest-Liik, Karin Rask

Production: Kuukulgur Film

Distribution: Kuukulgur Film

Drama

Religion Matter of Mind Abuse Sex Troublesome Desires

Screenings:

Aurora, daughter of a religious leader, is married to a kind, measured and a little bit of a bore of a man. Suddenly a new man enters the stage. A man who is wild and funny, exciting and unpredictable. Why is it not possible to love both of them? Her different loves and pressure coming from her family (and cult) tear Aurora apart as she tries to figure out who she really is.

The whole affair brews below the surface until it explodes during a wedding anniversary celebration. There are no easy solutions, there is no easy way out. There is only life in its all beautiful messiness.

Based on lengthy improvisations between the main actors, Aurora keeps on avoiding the dime a dozen cliches of love triangles. Scenes play out in surprising, funny, fierce, and sometimes discomforting ways.

Kalle Toivonen