Cannes Video Day 3: Cristi Puiu’s Aurora

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Today marked the return of filmmaker Cristi Puiu – the Cannes Film Festival helped put his name and this national cinema of Romania on the map. Following in the footsteps of the multiple festival winning 2005’s The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, Aurora is from what I learned in the press book, not the second, but one 6 in a series by Puiu called Six Stories from the Outskirts of Bucharest. Puiu and the entire cast & crew were on hand to present the 181-minute film.

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society), FIPRESCI and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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