Alejandro Awada, Alejandro Ganc?, Daniel Alejandro Ovando
Espinosa is a master taxidermist and an epileptic who often speculates about committing the perfect crime. When his friend invites him on an ill-fated hunting trip, the opportunity to put his idle tho...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 10, 2007
Stats: 256 reviews
Ricardo Darín's peculiarly charactered performance is executed with such subtlety and nuance that it's hard to believe he's acting. The sound design and original score are beautiful, and so perfect for the film they seem to be growing out of it rather than being imposed upon it. ...( read more)
El Aura is a wonderfully deep and thoughtful crime film. The bleached look make it a dark and dreary world, but one that doesn't exclude viewers. It's not Wham-Bam action, but when it does kick off the violence is more affective than the majority of crime dramas. Darin is a wonde...( read more)
im surprised no one has seen this. a fantastic (and final) thriller from the late Fabian Bielinsky about moral ambiguity, fate and free will, and fantasy versus reality. some beautiful music and camera work.
The best part about The Aura is its tone. It is an entirely overcast movie, perpetually threatened by the possibility of rain (on which it never delivers). It seems an appropriate atmosphere for this grim, sad tale of a man who doesn't have much to live for but his heist fantasie...( read more)
Second and sadly last film by Fabián Bielinsky. a compelling thriller with a great performance by Ricardo Darín, as an epileptic and diffident taxidermist with a strange urge for elaborated heists.
After the dissapointing Nueve Reinas, Bielinsky makes a great film, Interesting & engaging with a bleak & overcast atmosphere
I found the protagonist completely unsympathetic, the voyeurism unredeemable, and the plot over-contrived and illogical. It's like Carne went to Spain to make a Hollywood film.
LETTERBOX. La visualización no podría ser más refinada, pero no logra ocultar del todo los elementos formulistas del guión. La actuación de Ricardo Darín es, como siempre, excelente. / The visual aspect couldn't be more refined, but it cannot completely hide the formulaic aspects...( read more)
The world of The Aura is, quite obviously, a heightened and stylized version of reality, but its governing emotions of dread, suspicion and moral confusion are bracingly real.
With The Aura, Fabián Bielinsky replaces Nine Queens' flashy Mamet-esque posturing with downbeat Melville/Antonioni noir existentialism. full review
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