Aurora (film)
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Aurora is a Ukrainian
Ukrainians
Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...

 film by Oksana Bairak. It was premiered on November 30, 2006.

Plot

The film is about a little girl named Aurora who suffered as a result of the Chernobyl disaster
Chernobyl disaster
The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine , which was under the direct jurisdiction of the central authorities in Moscow...

 of 1986. Aurora is taken to the United States
United States
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 where she is supposed to get surgery. She meets a man with a ruined life and helps him become a refined character.

Cast

The lead role was played by a Nastya Zyurkalova, a fifteen-year-old actress from Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

, the capital of Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

. The international cast included Dmytro Kharatyan
Dmitry Kharatyan
Dmitry Kharatyan is a Russian actor of Armenian descent.He was born in Olmaliq, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union . His debut was in Vladimir Menshov's The Prank in 1977.-External links:*...

, from Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, and Eric Roberts
Eric Roberts
Eric Anthony Roberts is an American actor. His career began with King of the Gypsies , earning a Golden Globe nomination for best actor debut. He starred as the protagonist in the 1980 dramatisation of Willa Cather's 1905 short story, Paul's Case...

, from the United States.

Awards

The film was nominated as Ukraine's entry for an Oscar as Best foreign language film.

In 2007 and 2008 the main music theme of the movie, also called "Aurora", was used for the Ukrainian rhythmic gymnasts Anna Bessonova
Anna Bessonova
Anna Bessonova is an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast who was born in Kiev, Ukraine. Her father is the Dynamo Kiev football player Vladimir Bessonov and her mother, Viktoria, was a two time world champion group rhythmic gymnast....

in her hoop routine, giving to her exercise a dramatic input ovated by the spectators of this sport.
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