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In Bloom(Grzeli nateli dgeebi)

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Georgia, Germany, France · 2013
1h 42m
Director Nana Ekvtimishvili, Simon Gross
Starring Lika Babluani, Mariam Bokeria, Zurab Gogaladze, Data Zakareishvili
Genre Drama

Eka and Natia are two fourteen-year old girls living in Georgia when their country gains independence from the Soviet Union in 1992. Despite their differences, they are a best friends who rely upon each other through the turbulence of their family and social lives. As they become older, they must face their individual fates but also find ways to assert their own freedom.

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75

Slant Magazine by

The foreclosure of possibilities provided by the use of the long take assists in the indictment of chauvinism and patriarchal brutality that underpin, directly and indirectly, many moments in the film.

70

The New York Times by A.O. Scott

The two lead performances — Lika Babluani as Eka and Mariam Bokeria as Natia — are direct and unaffected, but also enigmatic in the way that nonprofessional screen acting can be in the hands of a sensitive director.

50

The Dissolve by Andrew Lapin

It’s appropriately weighty and filled with loss-of-innocence undertones and some fun cultural detours, yet the film’s odd flatness makes it hard to invest in.

60

Time Out by Joshua Rothkopf

A cute suitor shows up at Natia’s side with the gift of a pistol (for her protection, he insists), and you wait in vain for it to go off. Rather, the fireworks come in last-act shouting bouts, sincere if slightly disappointing.

83

The A.V. Club by Mike D'Angelo

Keenly observed, geographically specific portraits of adolescence are always welcome, but there’s definitely something to be said for charging the genre’s usual tender lyricism with an ever-present threat of life-altering violence.

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