
Set in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi in 1992. Friends Eka and Natia look to leave childhood behind as they ignore societal customs and work to escape their turbulent family lives.... (Full plot summary below)
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Set in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi in 1992. Friends Eka and Natia look to leave childhood behind as they ignore societal customs and work to escape their turbulent family lives.
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| rec.arts.movies.reviewsLouis ProyectA neorealist jewel about a country unlucky enough to enjoy being "liberated" from socialism. |
| Seattle TimesTom KeoghThe film accurately reflects the girls' numbness, but it is devoid of sustaining emotional impact. Eka and Natia's full pain is oddly remote. |
| Little White LiesDavid JenkinsThis tense and naturalistic tale of Georgian youth in revolt offers a clever new twist on the tired teen movie. |
| Observer (UK)Mark KermodeThis terrifically engaging work raises important questions about universal experience and cultural context - in this case, the search for independent female identity in a society all but suffocated by the threat of violence. |
| Sunday Independent (Ireland)Hilary A WhiteThe centrifugal force is supplied by two stunning lead turns by Babluani and Bokeria. |
| FILMINK (Australia)Sarah WardTeen life in In Bloom is tense, terse, gritty, and galvanising, but for its characters, heartbreakingly, there is no other alternative. |
| The AustralianDavid StrattonBabluani and Bokeria are completely believable as the two teenagers who have to grow up very quickly, and a long, uninterrupted scene in which the former dances, alone, at her friend's wedding is a highlight of an extremely engaging movie. |
| At the Movies (Australia)Margaret PomeranzThe young actresses however are sublime in their roles. |
| 3AWJim SchembriPortraying lives a universe away from the malls and frippery of their Western counterparts, Eka (Lika Babluani) and Natia (Mariam Bokeria) cope with food shortages, bullying, bad families, a ramshackle education system [and] forced marriages. |
| Detroit NewsTom LongThe world painted by directors Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon GroB is almost relentlessly grim, and even the giggles of two schoolgirls get drowned. |