In Bloom

In Bloom revolves around friends Eka and Natia, two young women in their mid-teens navigating oppressive familial expectations, male violence and female identity in Tbilisi in the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Alone with her mother and with her father sitting in prison, Eka deals with local bullies while Natia finds herself forced into a marriage rooted in kidnapping. Their friendship is tested when Natia's thug husband kills a former admirer.