In Bloom

IN BLOOM so triumphantly, albeit modestly, transcends its category that it's really quite special.
-- Jonathan Romney, Film Comment Magazine

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In Bloom

Early nineties, in Tbilisi, the capital of the newly independent Georgia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The country is facing violence, war on the Black Sea coast (Abkhazia) and vigilante justice that plague society. But for Eka and Natia, inseparable fourteen-year-old friends, life just unfolds: in the street, at school, with friends or elder sisters who are already dealing with men’s dominance, early marriage and disillusioned love. For these two girls in bloom, life just goes on....

“It's a universal story that is also, by virtue of its very particular time and place, a singular experience.” (Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor)
Not Rated
Genre
Drama
Runtime
98
Language
Georgian
Director
Nana Ekvtimishvili, Simon Gross
Cast
Mariam Bokeria, Zurab Gogaladze
FEATURED REVIEW
A.O. Scott, New York Times

“In Bloom,” Georgia’s official entry in the best foreign language film Oscar sweepstakes, is one of a handful of recent movies about young women in modern patriarchal cultures. Like “Wadjda,” “Fill the Void” and “Mother of George” (to name three striking examples), it matter-of-factly lays out the ...

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