This Georgian film by the writer-director Déa Kulumbegashvili ventures into surrealism while charting a fascinating path into thorny issues of women's choice.

A tense, ominous foreboding grips the frames of April, Georgian writer-director Dea Kulumbegashvili’s sophomore feature, one that unravels over the course of the 134 minutes of this visceral, ...

“April” is easy to admire, but Kulumbegashvili’s use of art-film conventions can be wearyingly familiar, especially when the leisurely pace turns to a crawl.