Jessica Kiang The term “coming of age” is misleading, implying “age” is some far-off looming entity that you can see approaching and prepare for accordingly.
Really, growing up is experienced in milestones you seldom even notice until they’re long in the rearview and you’re busy being disappointed by how un-green the grass of adulthood really is.
Bosnian writer-director Una Gunjak’s debut feature, “Excursion” which debuted in Locarno before playing in competition at the Sarajevo Film Festival, innately understands this hard truth and delivers a solemn, sensitive teen angst drama that is careful – perhaps too careful – to avoid big flourishes in favor of small gestures: a sharp glance, a loaded silence, a secret smile.
One such strange little smile plays across the lips of Iman (an excellent Asja Zara Lagumdzija), a straight-A 15-year-old in her last year of middle school as she’s driven home along with her best friend Hana (Nadja Spaho).
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