In Bloom (2013)

Original title

გრძელი ნათელი დღეები

Directed by

Simon Groß, Nana Ekvtimishvili

Genre

drama film

Country

Georgia, Germany, France

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

15

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 77 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In post-Soviet Georgia in 1992, two teenage girls navigate a harsh and unstable world. Their friendship is tested as they face poverty, violence, and the pressures of growing up in a broken society.

melancholicslow-burntensegrittyearthyintimatebleakatmosphericcoming-of-age

What happens

In Bloom (Georgian: გრძელი ნათელი დღეები, romanized: Grdzeli nateli dgheebi) is a 2013 Georgian drama film directed by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß. It is a bildungsroman focused on the friendship between two teenage girls in 1992 after the country’s independence from the Soviet Union. The artistic style is influenced by post-communist Romanian cinema, particularly by cameraman Oleg Mutu, who also worked on 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007). The film premiered at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival, winning the C.I.C.A.E. Prize. It was selected as the Georgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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