Synopsis
In a Turkish village, five orphaned sisters live under strict rule while members of their family prepare their arranged marriages.
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Cast
- Güneş Nezihe ŞensoyLale
- Doğa Zeynep DoğuşluNur
- Elit İşcanEce
- Tuğba SunguroğluSelma
- Ilayda AkdoğanSonay
- Ayberk PekcanErol
- Bahar KerimoğluDilek
- Burak YiğitYasin
- Erol AfşinOsman
- Suzanne MarrotAunt Hanife
Recommendations
- 100
The New York Times
The ensemble of young actresses is a constantly restless and real presence, the perspective filtered mostly through the cheeky Lale but also through the group as a loving crew. - 91
Entertainment Weekly
It’s not hard to see why Mustang has been dubbed the “Turkish Virgin Suicides.” Like Sofia Coppola’s dreamy, unsettling 1999 debut, it’s another first film by a young female director that focuses in feverish close-up on the adolescent awakening of five restless, radiant sisters — and the ruin that follows when their family tries to contain it. - 83
The A.V. Club
The result, while less poetic and artful than Eugenides’ book or Coppola’s film, is much more emotionally direct, and pulls off a very tricky balancing act between bemoaning its characters’ fate and celebrating their resilience. - 80
The Guardian
While the subject matter is enraging, the film is not without warmth and occasional levity. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
The story's quiet power comes from its sensitive observation of the characters as normal, emancipated young modern women, with healthy desires and curiosities, whose supposed transgressions are imagined and then magnified in the judgmental minds of others. - 80
Screen Daily
What begins as a playful look at five young women’s rebellion against their strict upbringing soon becomes something far more stirring and emotional. - 75
The Playlist
The exuberant life and liveliness that spills off the screen and the effortless sororal chemistry between these young actresses are compelling reasons to seek out Mustang. - 70
Variety
the director proves especially skilled with her cast of newcomers (of the thesps playing the sisters, only young Iscan, from “My Only Sunshine,” is a veteran), whose powerful individualism as well as their vibrant bond together are perfect vessels for the script’s message.
