This Family-Drama was released on September 15th 2006, filmed in Minneapolis USA,
directed by James Burke and lasts 110 minutes.
In short: Aurora Borealis tells the story about Duncan Shorter and his family.
The loss of his father, the aging of his grandfather and the love he feels for the nurse
that's taking care of his grandparents. This adolescent-drama plays in Minneapolis in the
middle of the winter.
Duncan Shorter has had many jobs and is still looking for the right one, while his friends are settling down.
Visiting his grandmother Duncan takes a job as their building's handyman.
His grandfather Ronald is deteriorating quickly however. When Ronald dies, he'll take with him the last memory
of his father, whose unresolved death is still a mistery for him. Kate the home nurse, a free mind and
as restless as Duncan, is also living in the building. A relationship between the two youngsters blossoms.
Ronald often talks about seeing the Northern Lights from his balcony at night. This electrical
phenomenon, also called the aurora borealis, involves colorful streamers of light in the sky above the
magnetic Northpole that can be seen in the northern parts of North America.
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