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Bloomington is a 2010 coming-of-age drama film about a former child actress (Sarah Stouffer) attending college in search of independence and who ends up becoming romantically involved with a professor, played by Allison McAtee. Their relationship thrives until an opportunity to return to acting forces them to make life-altering decisions.
Bloomington was written and directed by Fernanda Cardoso and filmed in Indianapolis, Indiana and Los Angeles, California. The film received mixed reviews.




Plot summary


Jackie Kirk, a former child actress, catches the eye of a lesbian teacher, named Catherine Stark (McAtee), when Jackie attends college in Bloomington, Indiana. Jackie attempts to fit in with her fellow students, who are in awe of her acting background. After meeting at an on-campus mixer, Catherine and Jackie begin a secret and scandalous affair that draws Jackie away from the college social life. Catherine and Jackie grow closer as they help each other discover more about themselves, when suddenly Jackie gets the chance to return to acting. Catherine becomes uncomfortable with their situation, seeing how it could seemingly never work out, with Jackie having to constantly visit Catherine under the guise of her just being a "friend," as it would be hazardous for both of them if their romance ever got out.
Catherine attempts to distance herself from Jackie by trying to declare they were never in a formal relationship, and that Jackie is not worth it in Catherine's eyes, while Jackie claims Catherine is worth it. Jackie, at odds with her friends, gets into a fight with Sandy (Erika Heidewald), jealous that Jackie is competing for a scholarship she doesn't need and angry that Jackie's affair with a teacher means she gets preferential treatment. Jackie slaps Sandy, who punches her in the face. The next day Jackie shows up at Catherine's doorstep with a black eye. Catherine sees paparazzi taking pictures and quickly drags Jackie into the house. While Catherine is taking care of Jackie, she notices Catherine is wearing a dress. When questioned about it, she reveals she is attending a party, Jackie asks if she is going alone, Catherine says no but will not reveal her date, and will not let Jackie replace her date, claiming she would just be attention starved; Jackie offends Catherine by insulting her for not being financed by her own means.
Jackie stays on the couch at Catherine's house when Catherine returns from the party, acting passive-aggressive towards Jackie, she brings her date, a male closer to her age, into her room, causing Jackie to leave. Jackie goes to a party and hangs out with friends and flirts with a male friend, Zach (Ray Zupp). After leaving for L.A. to film the movie version of Jackie's old show, Catherine loses her job due to her relationship with Jackie being partially exposed.
Months later, Jackie and Catherine are shown sleeping together one last time. Saying their goodbyes as a formal end to their romance, Jackie leaves the next day for her new role back in California.




Cast


Allison McAtee as Catherine Stark
Sarah Stouffer as Jacqueline "Jackie" Kirk
Katherine Ann McGregor as Lillian
Erika Heidewald as Sandy
Ray Zupp as Zach
J. Blakemore as Wade
Chelsea Marie Rogers as Rachel
Patrick Mullen as Phil
Don Becker as Professor S. Hecht
John Dreher as Tommy
Jim Dougherty as Professor Newberry
Ana Liza Platt as Resident Assistant
Roger Ortman as Bill Whitten
Nicky Warner as Laura
Seth Cheek as Teaching Assistant
Joshua Ramsey as Catherine's Date
Jason Smither as Interviewing Reporter
Kayla Gill as Female Reporter
Steven Gray as Step-father
Jeff Angel as Uncle Keith
Karen Shumway as Aunt
Kamden Roberts as Pete
Beverly Ann Roche as Female Relative
Beck Engle as Cousin
Derek W. Tow as Math Teacher
Jason Shumway as Director at Audition
Maggie Shumway as Ethan
Gary Shumway as Photographer
Megan Martz as Library Attendant
Craig Dukate as English Teacher
Jonny Dumser as TJ




Reception


Lesbian media site After Ellen called Bloomington a "sexy and offbeat" and "fantastic little drama." The review notes that "Compared to other teacher-student romances that we’ve seen on the lesbian screen, including Mädchen in Uniform and the more recent Loving Annabelle, this is far more above-board," meaning that Jackie is a legal adult.
Queer website Autostraddle complains that by the end of the movie "nothing’s resolved and the Pandora’s box of issues that was opened in this relationship hasn’t been acknowledged by either party", adding that the action takes place "in a world where subtlety is not a concept that exists".




Awards


Best Women's Feature—North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Director's Spotlight—Vancouver Queer Film Festival
Best Director—Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival
Opening Night Feature—Barcelona Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Centerpiece Gala Selection—Reelout Queer Film + Video Festival




See also


Loving Annabelle (2006)
List of LGBT films directed by women




References






External links


Bloomington at IMDb
Bloomington at AllMovie
Bloomington at Rotten Tomatoes
Bloomington YouTube Channel

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