Bloom Up: A Swinger Couple Story

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Bloom Up: A Swinger Couple Story

Released Aug 12, 2022

1h 28m

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Pet shop owners by day and swingers by night, Italian couple Hermes and Betta are, in most ways, regular people. In this honest, sex-positive look at the swinger lifestyle, director and cinematographer Mauro Russo Rouge is invited into their lives with no moment off-limits, crafting a portrait of a relationship that gives equal weight to the mundane yet strangely fascinating logistics of organizing sex parties as it does to the act itself. Shot in a rich visual style that is deeply sensual without ever feeling vulgar or exploitative, the film is "more emotionally than sexually voyeuristic" (Screen Daily), an intimate exploration of the deep love and complex challenges one polyamorous couple shares.

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Elizabeth Weitzman

TheWrap

Rouge (making his first documentary) seems unsure where to go beyond the initial, and hardly groundbreaking, notion of following a polyamorous couple around for a while.

Aug 11, 2022

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Dmitry Samarov

Chicago Reader

The way they get there is well worth the trip...

Mar 8, 2022

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Sumner Forbes

Film Threat

A poignant examination of the many forms of love.

Rated: 8.5/10

Sep 21, 2022

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

Perhaps it’s refreshing to see such a sex-positive portrayal of nontraditional intimacy on screen, but this documentary lacks the emotional depth to match its physical openness.

Aug 19, 2022

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

With unusual honesty, this documentary follows a couple who happily express their positive sexuality.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 17, 2022

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

Intimate, unflinching and candid.

Aug 15, 2022

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Pet shop owners by day and swingers by night, Italian couple Hermes and Betta are, in most ways, regular people. In this honest, sex-positive look at the swinger lifestyle, director and cinematographer Mauro Russo Rouge is invited into their lives with no moment off-limits, crafting a portrait of a relationship that gives equal weight to the mundane yet strangely fascinating logistics of organizing sex parties as it does to the act itself. Shot in a rich visual style that is deeply sensual without ever feeling vulgar or exploitative, the film is "more emotionally than sexually voyeuristic" (Screen Daily), an intimate exploration of the deep love and complex challenges one polyamorous couple shares.

Director: Mauro Russo Rouge
Screenwriter: Mauro Russo Rouge
Distributor: Kino Lorber
Production Co: ACSD ArtInMovimento
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Italian
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 12, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 13, 2022
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.0K
Runtime: 1h 28m
Sound Mix: Stereo

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