AURORA

By Miia TERVO

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Drama - Completed 2019

In this romantic and sometimes melancholy comedy Aurora, a commitment-phobic party animal, meets Iranian Darian one night at a hot-dog stand in Lapland. Darian is running from death and Aurora is running from love. They need each other in order to finally stop running.

Festivals
& Awards

Goteborg IFF 2019
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Drama, Comedy
    • Countries
    • FINLAND
    • Languages
    • FINNISH, ENGLISH, PERSIAN
    • Duration
    • 105 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Miia TERVO
    • Writer(s)
    • Miia TERVO
    • Producer(s)
    • Max MALKA
    • Synopsis
    • One night at a hot-dog stand in Finnish Lapland, a commitment-phobic party animal, Aurora, meets Iranian Darian. Darian suddenly asks her to marry him. Darian needs to marry a Finnish woman to get an asylum for himself and his daughter. Aurora turns him down, as she is busy working as a nail technician and plans to move to Norway, away from her shit life. However, after meeting his sweet daughter, Aurora agrees to help him. As Aurora introduces numerous women to Darian, the two of them grow close. When the perfect wife candidate comes along, Darian and Aurora are faced with a difficult choice: pretend to be happy or to finally stop running.