this is such a beautiful movie and i love being angry

Based off the poster, I thought this was going to be about girls in a break dance crew. Turns out Turkey doesn't have break dancing, just oppression and sexism.

girls are so strong and i love them for that

@ anyone who rates this lower than 4 stars......why do you hate women so much?

do you ever cry at the end of a movie because it was so good

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.

[jo march's women monologue plays over the speakers] this film to me is what cinema is all about and has just become an instant favourite!!!! it's a perfect example of how important it is for women to have the chance to make movies and tell their own stories!!!!! i'm so glad i finally got round to watching this i'm probably not going to shut up about it for some time now so yeh happy international women's day laid ease go forth and make movies no matter how grand or small because the world truly needs to see them <3

you know that buzzfeed video where they get drunk girls to hold puppies? one of them sobs and is like "i wish i could protect them." that's me as the drunk girl with the turkish girls as the puppies except im sober and sadder

i wish i had sisters

Watched on the Criterion Channel.

I thought this was going to be a movie about some girls stealing a Mustang and going on a road trip.
FUCK, WAS I WRONG.
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now that I've stopped crying... this is just so powerfully real and good.

Fuck conservatism. This film is an emotional and powerful film that doesn’t let up. The story changes your mood from anger to happiness for a brief moment, then right back into anger. This film could’ve easily been all shock value with the themes of conservatism, but not once did I feel like Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s direction was going this way. Every scene felt important to develop these five sisters, and the hardship of the household they live in. Beautiful direction and cinematography, and all the acting felt realistic and natural with this this story. The ending is intense, and provides some of the best shots in the entire film. Watch this powerful film immediately while it’s still on the Criterion Channel.

Unexpectedly powerful yet so simple.
The "every day" scenes - like the fluid sequences of the early ethnographic films - make it real and surreal at the same time. Real because you are able to feel the pain of femineity and surreal due to the picturesque, allegoric setting.

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Mustang? More like Must-Watch!! XD XD

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The Florida Project meets Fish Tank meets Trojan Women. About as much fun as that sounds.

Its tragic, extreme premise (five young girls locked in their house so they can be kept virgins and married off ASAP), at odds with its naturalist verité style, yields a melodrama with an identity crisis. The way it skirts around its most melodramatic stuff (most egregiously, an abuse element that feels insultingly undercooked) felt especially glaring so soon after seeing Gerwig's Little Women, which streamlines but does not shy away from the melodrama of its source, allowing gut-punch moments to actually punch. Poorly uses Scope (it only makes visual sense here in like 3 setups max) which is the wrong choice for the story anyway, "cinematizing" their plight but removing us from their reality –– an ill-advised attempt at heightening its significance.

(I offer the caveat that I watched this on my laptop in an airport, not the most immersive environment.)

this movie reminded me of me and my cousins in bangladesh & was just the perfect portrayal of sisterly love and affection and competition and that feeling of growing up and realizing there is no other bond that is quite the same. this movie also captured the specific and often times stifling feeling of growing up in a conservative country and learning about the restrictions placed on ur gender-- navigating wanting the freedoms of a child still, while also wanting to be seen and loved as a woman, and learning exactly what that means. there is no other movie that ive seen that captures the feelings and experiences and dimensions of my childhood as a muslim girl.

Apakah wanita hanya harus selalu dituntut menikah dan tidak boleh memilih bahagia?

The virgin suicides but more depressing and relatable

my ignorant ass was expecting something completely different and this only confirms that not reading synopsis might become my official religion

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