Mustang
2015FranceLanguage: frDirected by Deniz Gamze Ergüven★ 7.7
Available in English: subtitled
In a Turkish village, five orphaned sisters live under strict rule while members of their family prepare their arranged marriages.
Themes and style
Tone
bleakmelancholichauntinghopeful
Pacing
slow burnescalating
Story
escapesurvivalunraveling
Emotion
loss of innocencebelonginginjusticefeeling powerlessloyalty under pressure
Themes
men and women navigating expectationsfamily wounds passed downfamily dutyreligion and faithlife under oppressioncaught between worlds
Feel
quietly hauntinggut punchdiscussion starteremotionally wreckingcathartic
Violence
moderate