The Bloom of Yesterday

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The Bloom of Yesterday
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Directed by Chris Kraus
Starring
Release date
  • 27 October 2016 (2016-10-27)(TIFF)
Running time
125 minutes
Countries
  • Austria
  • Germany
LanguageGerman

The Bloom of Yesterday (German : Die Blumen von gestern) is a 2016 German-Austrian comedy film directed by Chris Kraus. [1]

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Cast

Reception

The film won the Grand Prize and the Audience Award at the 2016 Tokyo International Film Festival and subsequently won several awards and nominations. [2] Martin Schwickert, of Zeit Online, said the dialogue had "almost Woody Allen's brilliance and speed." [3]

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References

  1. Kiang, Jessica (3 November 2016). "Film Review: 'The Bloom of Yesterday'". Variety. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  2. "List of Winners | 29th Tokyo International Film Festival" . Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  3. Schwickert, Martin (13 January 2017). ""Die Blumen von gestern": Entsetzlich komisch". Die Zeit (in German). ISSN   0044-2070 . Retrieved 23 November 2017.