Built around some arresting set-pieces, this rite of passage set in Georgia in 1992 is spiritedly played by teens Lika Babluani and Mariam Bokeria and incisively contrasts the expectations of a newly independent nation and its emboldened female population.
In Bloom Review
Tbilisi, 1992. Teen pals Eka (Babluani) and the charismatic Natia (Bokeria) learn that coping with with the attentions of men and life in a society on edge is no easy business.
Release Date:
02 May 2014
Running Time:
102 minutes
Certificate:
15
Original Title:
In Bloom
Bold and brassy, Georgia's Best Foreign Film entry may not be the cheeriest viewing but it's still a compelling coming-of-age drama.
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