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Tbilisi, 1992: Civil war is raging in the capital of the newly independent Georgia after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Amidst the mayhem, two inseparable fourteen-year-old friends, Natia and Eka, find their childhood coming to an end, with dysfunctional families, broken relationships and volatile politics all coming to a head. But the problems of disillusioned love, early marriage and oppressive male dominance will suddenly be thrown into sharp relief when one of the girls is given a gun...

A thrilling, moving and engrossing drama, boasting powerfully affecting performances from its two young leads, In Bloom, released on DVD by Artificial Eye on 14th July 2014, is a striking and mesmeric work of independent world cinema from one of the world's most unrepresented countries.