Aurora Sunrise, the new documentary-animation hybrid film by Inna Sahakyan, seems like it has a redundant title. Having seen the movie, we can now assure readers that no amount of repetitive solar metaphors could do this Aurora justice. It's too powerful for that. The movie concerns itself with the peculiar story of Aurora Mardiganian, a sometime silent film star, and Armenian immigrant. Mardiganian became an international sensation in 1919 with the release of Auction of Souls, an epic biopic in which Mardiganian played herself. The movie became a smash success, and made Mardiganian a household name.
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