Mustang

Sinopsis

In a remote village in northern Turkey, Lale and her four sisters walk home from school, innocently playing with some boys. The outcome of their games causes a scandal with unintended consequences. The family home becomes a prison to them. They are forced to change playing and going to school to be confined cooking, cleaning and sewing. Meanwhile their grandmother tries to arrange forced marriages. Driven by their desire for freedom, the sisters will fight against the boundaries imposed on them.

Deniz Gamze Ergüven

Turkish-French film director and screenwriter. In 2008 she graduated from the French Film and Television School La Fémis. She has directed and written the script of several films such as the short film Mon trajet préféré (2006) and feature film Kings (2017). She has also directed TV episodes of series such as The Handmaid’s Tale (2019) and Perry Mason (2020). In 2015 she won the Europa Cinemas Label Award at the Cannes International Film Festival where her film Mustang premiered (2015).

Cines Verdi

Wednesday, October 26th, 2022. 8:15 pm
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Year of production: 2015

Running Time: 1h 37m

Country: France

Language: French

Director: Deniz Gamze Ergüven

Cast: Funes Sensoy, Dogba Duguslu, Tugba Sunguroglu, Elit Iscan, Ilayda Akdogan, Nihal Koldas, Ayberk Pekcan, Serife Kara and Auzanne Marrot

Producer: Charles Gillibert

Direction of photography: David Chizallet

Production companies: CG Cinéma, Vistamar Filmproduktion, Uhlandfilm and Bam Film