Synopsis
Their spirit would never be broken
In a Turkish village, five orphaned sisters live under strict rule while members of their family prepare their arranged marriages.
2015 Directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven
In a Turkish village, five orphaned sisters live under strict rule while members of their family prepare their arranged marriages.
CG Cinéma Vistamar Filmproduktion Uhlandfilm Bam Film Kinology Ciné+ ZDF/Arte Turkish Culture Ministry Film- und Medienstiftung NRW DFI CNC Canal+ FFA
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women authentically showing the world the unfortunately very real and grossly overlooked experiences of other women.....THESE are the kinds of films that need to continue being created and widely recognized and awarded.
it is so weird to me to see that people liked it so much. i think the director (despite being turkish) is as unfamiliar to turkish culture as her actors/actresses and the people who are praising the movie so highly here are. this really comes off as orientalist in a way that really, really annoyed me. this is a movie that is trying to appeal to western audiences and it succeeds at that. weirdly, as a turkish woman who has lived in turkey her entire life, i'm not the target audience.
these people aren't real! the characters are caricatures, even the dialects they use are nonexistent! the terms they use are laughable, i watch the scenes and think to myself:…
Undeniably amongst the most powerful & provocative narratives to surface on the silver screen in recent years, Mustang is a beautifully balanced blend of skilful direction, sensible writing & terrific performances that takes a much-needed dig at patriarchy & conservatism and also works as a joyful celebration of sisterhood.
Set in a small Turkish village, the story follows five young orphaned sisters whose lives are changed completely when they are caught harmlessly playing with some boys on a beach, after which their conservative family bars them from going to school anymore and begins marrying them off one by one without their consent.
Co-written & directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven in what is actually her feature film debut, Mustang takes only a few minutes to…
Hair flowing, doors slamming, eyes sparkling, lives changing, girls laughing, hearts breaking. The deepest kind of love, the fullest kind of joy, and the worst kind of pain. A visual spectacle and an emotional ride.
I don’t really know what else to say except that I really want to hug my sisters right now.
I saw a lot of clashing reviews from Turkish people and people who don’t really know about Turkish culture. This is by no means a bad movie, but a movie trying to explain the nuances of Turkish culture and misogyny gets it so wrong and it’s clear that it is catered to Western audiences.
There are many things that makes this movie feel so unnatural and distant to Turkish culture and history. Even the way the characters speak based on where they’re from is wrong, not to mention the Turkish dialogue literally feels like it’s dubbed because it’s so unnatural. But what this movie truly gets wrong is the nuances of Turkish culture.
The abuse woman go through in Turkey…
REMINDER: virginity is a social construct and girls deserve the right to just be girls! 💖