奧蘿拉(芬蘭/2019/浪漫/喜劇/劇情)
AURORA (FINLAND/2019/ROMANCE/COMEDY/DRAMA)
AURORA
語言：芬蘭語、英語、波斯語
Language: Finnish, English, Persian
劇介
一天晚上，在芬蘭拉普蘭的熱狗攤上，不想承諾只想狂歡的Aurora遇見伊朗人Darian。Darian必須找一位芬蘭女性結婚，才能為自己和女兒取得政治庇護。Aurora拒絕了他，因為她正計劃搬到挪威，好擺脫現階段的悲慘生活。但她見了Darian可愛的女兒後，決定幫助他。Aurora介紹多名女子給Darian，兩人也越走越近。當完美的妻子人選出現，Darian和Aurora面臨一個艱難的選擇：佯裝快樂，或是不再逃避。
編劇/導演：米亞特沃
製片：瑪莎瑪卡（麥克斯瑪卡）
製作公司：A Dionysos Film Production, Finnish Film Foundation
演員：蜜摩莎維拉默，艾米爾艾斯坎達里，烏娜艾羅拉，漢努-佩卡比約克曼，米塔索瓦利，奇克奧漢威，莉亞卡塔亞，潘蜜拉托拉
獎項：
米亞特沃
• 2020年雅典國際數位電影節最佳長片
• 2019年愛丁堡國際電影節最佳國際長片
• 2019年哥特堡電影節最佳北歐電影入圍
• 2019年奧斯陸電影節最佳北歐劇情片入圍
• 2019年滿意之眼國際電影節最佳導演入圍
• 2019年聖保羅國際電影節最佳影片入圍
• 2019年華沙國際電影節長片入圍，觀眾票選獎
2020年芬蘭國家電影獎
獲獎
• 最佳影片，瑪莎瑪卡
• 最佳導演，米亞特沃
• 最佳女主角，蜜摩莎維拉默
• 最佳女配角，米塔索瓦利
• 最佳男配角，奇克奧漢威
• 最佳劇本，米亞特沃
• 最佳服裝設計，約尼梅華斯
入圍
• 最佳女配角，烏娜艾羅拉
• 最佳男主角，艾米爾艾斯坎達里
• 最佳攝影
• 最佳剪輯
• 最佳製作設計
• 最佳妝髮
• 觀眾票選獎，米亞特沃
其他
• 2021年歐洲電影配樂作曲家卡米爾獎最佳電子-原音配樂入圍，Lau Nau
• 2019年北歐理事會電影獎入圍，米亞特沃、瑪莎瑪卡
• 2019年滿意之眼國際電影節最佳女主角，蜜摩莎維拉默
• 2019年滿意之眼國際電影節最佳外語長片
• 2019年西雅圖國際電影節最佳女主角入圍，蜜摩莎維拉默
影評：
• 米亞特沃首部執導作品，主角充滿活力，但也有徬徨無助的時刻
• …愛情喜劇《奧蘿拉》有笑有淚……
• 一部來自芬蘭拉普蘭的有趣喜劇，不一樣的場景和角色，為熟悉的愛情喜劇增添新鮮感。
• 片中談到了尋求庇護者的困境和女性酗酒等尖銳主題，也拍出偏遠地區人們缺乏機會而產生的不安。
• 蜜摩莎維拉默和艾米爾艾斯坎達里主演，米亞特沃執導，一部令人耳目一新的首部作品。
• 爛番茄100%好評。
Synopsis
One night at a hot-dog stand in Finnish Lapland, the commitment-phobic party animal Aurora meets Iranian Darian. Darian needs to marry a Finnish woman to get asylum for him and his daughter. Aurora turns him down, as she is planning to move to Norway, away from her miserable life. However, after meeting his sweet daughter, she 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 finally stop running.
Writer, Director: Miia Tervo
Producer: Mahsa Malka (aka Max Malka)
Production Co: A Dionysos Film Production, Finnish Film Foundation
Cast: Mimosa Willamo, Amir Escandari, Oona Airola, Hannu-pekka Björkman, Miitta Sorvali, Chike Ohanwe, Ria Kataja, Pamela Tola
Awards
Miia Tervo
• Best Feature Film, Best Director, Athens International Digital Film Festival, 2020.
• Best International Feature Film, Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2019.
• Best Nordic Film Nominee, Göteborg Film Festival, 2019.
• Best Nordic Fiction Film Nominee, Oslo Pix, 2019.
• Best Director Nominee, Satisfied Eye International Film Festival, 2019.
• Best Film Nominee, São Paulo International Film Festival, 2019.
• Feature Film Nominee, Audience Award, Warsaw International Film Festival, 2019.
Jussi Awards, 2020
Winners
• Mahsa Malka, Best Film.
• Miia Tervo, Best Direction.
• Mimosa Willamo, Best Leading Actress.
• Miitta Sorvali, Best Supporting Actress.
• Chike Ohanwe, Best Supporting Actor.
• Miia Tervo, Best Screenplay.
• Jouni Mervas, Best Costume Design.
Nominees
• Oona Airola, Best Supporting Actress.
• Amir Escandari, Best Leading Actor
• Best Cinematography.
• Best Editing.
• Best Production Design.
• Best Makeup Design.
• Miia Tervo, People’s Choice Award.
Others
• Lau Nau, Best Electro-Accoustic Score Nominee, Camille Awards, 2021.
• Miia Tervo and Mahsa Malka, Nordic Council’s Film Prize Nominee, Nordic Council, 2019.
• Mimosa Willamo, Best Actress, Satisfied Eye International Film Festival, 2019.
• Best Foreign Feature, Satisfied Eye International Film Festival, 2019.
• Mimosa Willamo, Best Actress Nominee, Seattle International Film Festival, 2019.
Reviews
• Miia Tervo’s debut feature boasts a spirited protagonist but gets a bit lost following in her drunken footsteps.
• “…Aurora, a romantic comedy that’s not afraid to go dark…”
• An enjoyable dramedy from Finnish Lapland that uses location and characters to add something fresh to familiar romantic comedy beats.
• It poignantly addresses some big themes - including the plight of asylum seekers and female alcoholism - while capturing the feelings of restlessness derived from being stuck in a remote place with a lack of opportunity.
• Mimosa Willamo and Amir Escandari star in Miia Tervo's refreshing debut feature.
• Scored 100% tomatometer on Rotten Tomatoes.
