Mustang (2015)

Directed by

Deniz Gamze Ergüven

Genre

drama film, independent film, coming-of-age film

Country

Qatar, Germany, France, Turkey

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 1,473 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Five orphaned sisters live in a remote Turkish village with their extended family. The movie follows them as they navigate the restrictions placed on them by a conservative society.

sisterhoodpoignantrestrainedbittersweetdefiantintimatemelancholicobservational

What happens

Mustang is a 2015 drama film co-written and directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven in her feature debut. Set at an unspecified time in the 2010s in a remote Turkish village, Mustang depicts the lives of five young orphaned sisters and the challenges they face growing up with extended family as girls in a conservative society. Mustang is an international co-production of France, Germany and Turkey. It premiered at the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Europa Cinemas Label Award. Mustang was selected as France's submission and was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards. It received nine nominations at the 41st César Awards and won four, for First Feature Film, Original Screenplay, Editing and Original Music. Mustang has received widespread critical praise. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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