Mustang

(2015)

★ 7.7 IMDb · 1,487 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2015

Runtime: 97 мин

Country: Turkey, France

Director: Deniz Gamze Ergüven

Cast: Güneş Nezihe Şensoy, Doğa Zeynep Doğuşlu, Elit İşcan, Tuğba Sunguroğlu, İlayda Akdoğan, Ayberk Pekcan, Bahar Kerimoğlu, Burak Yiğit, Erol Afşin, Suzanne Marrot

Plot

In a Turkish village, five orphaned sisters live under strict rule while members of their family prepare their arranged marriages.

Early summer. In a village in northern Turkey, Lale and her four sisters are walking home from school, playing innocently with some boys. The immorality of their play sets off a scandal that has unexpected consequences. The family home is progressively transformed into a prison; instruction in homemaking replaces school and marriages start being arranged. The five sisters who share a common passion for freedom, find ways of getting around the constraints imposed on them.