In Bloom
In Bloom
| 10 January 2014 (USA)
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Eka and Natia leave their childhood behind and ignore societal customs to escape from their turbulent family lives.

Reviews
Sergo Sharashenidze (sergio91)

The new Georgina film ''In bloom'' makes Deep impression onlooker, great performance by Lika Babluani and Mariam Bokeria, - a classic story about the transition to adulthood and its attendant difficulties, where the great camera work and acting of spaces were completely wiped out in the story, rather odd mounting solutions, and, most importantly, the only female view of the world.The film is full of tragic scenes, typical of the Georgina, ''in bloom'' - talking about everyday life, it is often very cruel to us, on the abnormal situation in the families of the strong friendship and mutual assistance, first love ... yes, of love, of course, he said. And again about his childhood.I think This film is actually In Top 5 made In Georgia During last 20-25 Year.

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Nika Gigashvili (www.running-reel.com)

In Bloom is a Georgian submission on Oscars. Movie's original title literally translates as "Long Bright Days" and tells a story of two young best friends during early years of Georgian independence in 1992. Story of these two girls expose problems of our society which most of Georgians still face nowadays: domestic violence, ignorance, struggle between generations of parents and children.Eka & Natia are two teenagers living in extremely violent society, where you have no chance to find justice, or somebody to support you, even your family. This is war going inside of families and outside of them and mostly because grownups (parents) are not capable of dialing their lives. Sadly, their children get more harmed than they do. It is time when boyfriends give guns to their girlfriends, instead of some fluffy gifts, to ensure that they are safe, when underage boys can beat to death anybody they wish and when nobody cares if somebody gets killed in front of them. It's a story of massive ignorance of actions that are believed to be immoral, at least, today.In Bloom clearly shows deconstruction of functional society, how they accept violence on a daily bases - at schools, in the street, in the families. 90s is a period when children started not to understand their parent because they can not live with the mistakes adults have made, so the whole film is about kids asking for answers which they never get, because there is no one to answer.I liked the movie, as a Georgian. I mean, it is close to me, very understandable since I am familiar to every and each fact it talks about. But the problem is that it seems to be made only for Georgian, because I can't imagine anybody outside my country fully realize the whole drama films is trying to tell. And this is because In Bloom kind of lacks emotional depth. There is a scene when Natia, who's 14, is kidnapped by a guy, who's in love with her, and raped by him and later forcing her to marry. Having no choice, she does so, despite loving another guy from school. It is the biggest drama, since it's been a very common situation in Georgian life, lots of young girls have experienced the same and everybody (still) are accepting this on the moral or law bases. But, unfortunately, movie does not make this scene that much dramatic, it actually "skips" the whole trauma, which I found very irritating. If directors wanted to make other people understand why Natia's life was ruined, they should have made this more emotional, personal and clear.What I enjoyed very much, is cinematography. Georgian films mostly lack a good camera work, but In Bloom had very spectacular colors & beautiful shots. Main characters, who have received numerous festival awards, did brilliant acting job. They were best in delivering true feelings & emotions of their lives. But I think, there was much more directing work to do, that'd make film even more tense and interesting.Oscar chances? It won't make it, unless Academy wants to have Georgian film in final five (which won't happen). Mostly because it does not deliver relevant story, story which can be understood by anybody and not only by those, who've experienced it. This is a reason, why I give it 6 out of 10, it is too local and I want that Georgian directors to start filming more "international" movies.

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DontForgetToSmile

Yes, indeed I just registered on IMDb so that I could write a review on this truly amazing movie. The movie is centered around two teenage girls making it through the war in Georgia (the country) from 1990's and their every day struggles at home, school and on the streets. The war is not on the front page though. It is in the background but it does not make the movie any less dramatic. Physical and sexual harassment, bullying, civil war, poverty, survival, struggle, depression, making it to the next day, swimming in the ocean of aggression while trying to retain some values and integrity, trying not to become one of them...It is more revealing and even shocking once you realize that the struggles these girls and their mothers and grandmothers had to fight more than 20 years ago are not necessarily over either in Georgia or elsewhere. Women still have to put up the 'pretty' masks once in public and smile and pretend to be happy even if they had been beaten up by their spouses a few hours earlier. Women have to act in order to please others - others being spouses, or parents, or friends, or the society as a whole. In short, the movie is highly recommended!

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miranda_ya

In Bloom is a must see movie about Georgia's recent past. This period has been covered time after time in many movies but none of them compares.To start with the plot - it's very simple and depicts almost everyone's life in 90s Georgia. Yet it is so well transferred to the screen, I could not tear away. The movie shows every ugliness we have lived through and it was so authentic I could not get rid of a lump in my throat throughout whole film. Small Georgian quirks might be also interesting and funny to a foreign viewer.Beautifully shot, with every detail taken into consideration. Tbilisi has changed so much in these 20 years and yet the film captured the 90s vibe perfectly. None of the child actors are professionals but they are doing magnificent job. They are very real and relatable. Overall it was a brilliant effort, which deserves to be recognized.

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