Spring Blossom

Name: Spring Blossom
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: May 21, 2021
Duration: 73 min
Rating: 68
Cast: Arnaud Valois, Arthur Giusi, Dominique Besnehard, Florence Viala, Françoise Widhoff

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Kimstim Films | Release Date: May 21, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Arnaud Valois, Arthur Giusi, Dominique Besnehard, Florence Viala, Françoise Widhoff, Frédéric Pierrot, Pauline Rugo, Philippe Uchan, Rebecca Marder, Suzanne Lindon

Summary: Suzanne is 16. She is bored with people of her age. Every day on her way to high school, she passes a theater. There, she meets an older man, and becomes obsessed with him. Despite their age difference, they find in each other an answer to their ennui and fall in love. But Suzanne is afraid she’s missing out on life – that life of aSuzanne is 16. She is bored with people of her age. Every day on her way to high school, she passes a theater. There, she meets an older man, and becomes obsessed with him. Despite their age difference, they find in each other an answer to their ennui and fall in love. But Suzanne is afraid she’s missing out on life – that life of a 16-year-old, which she had struggled so much to enjoy in the same way as her peers.… Expand

Director: Suzanne Lindon

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 73 min

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Katie Walsh

May 20, 2021

Lindon’s youth is remarkable, because her point of view on the experience of the teenage girl is so immediate. But such a confident and self-assured debut would be remarkable for a filmmaker of any age, as “Spring Blossom” is a finely wrought, sensitively felt and artistically bold work. Read full review

Wendy Ide

May 19, 2021

Lindon creates a portrait of first love which is fresh, honest and engaging. Read full review

The Film Stage Christopher Schobert

May 19, 2021

It takes great maturity and confidence to make a film about the emergence of a young woman’s sexuality that also dares to ask complex, provocative questions while understanding there are no simple answers. Suzanne Lindon is such a filmmaker, and her brisk, entertaining debut Spring Blossom is such a film. Read full review

Jordan Mintzer

May 19, 2021

The fact that Lindon doesn’t judge the situation as much as she simply shows it is a sign of her intelligence as a promising young filmmaker — one who has both dared to expose herself onscreen and then dared to let the audience judge for themselves. Read full review

Leila Latif

May 19, 2021

In creating material so close to her lived experience, Lindon is able to avoid the common clichés of teenage stories. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

May 23, 2021

Lindon takes these various licenses she gives herself and her movie to conjure up something thoughtful, tender and coming-of-age insightful in Spring Blossom. Read full review

IndieWire Kate Erbland

May 19, 2021

When Lindon isn’t at the mercy of her but-I’m-a-teenager ruse, Spring Blossom and its filmmaker get a chance to show off some real creative sparks, including a trio of musical numbers that offer cinematic style and emotional flair. Read full review

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Brent_Marchant

May 27, 2021

I'm completely at a loss to understand the undeserving fascination with this highly unfocused, heavily padded, meandering tale of a teenager bored with her peer group who falls in love with a 35-year-old actor. Though billed as a romance and a comedy, it's not much of either, but then that'sI'm completely at a loss to understand the undeserving fascination with this highly unfocused, heavily padded, meandering tale of a teenager bored with her peer group who falls in love with a 35-year-old actor. Though billed as a romance and a comedy, it's not much of either, but then that's probably because this isn't much of a movie. The script is so slight that it's hard to fathom what the real story was intended to be, due to its inconsequential dialogue, uninspired narrative and a plethora of sequences that are wholly mundane. As a consequence, writer-actor-director Suzanne Lindon's debut feature quickly becomes a tedious bore, and that's with a scant 73-minute runtime, too. Pay no attention to the hype that critics are lauding on this underdeveloped, meritless mess.… Expand

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