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Genre | Drama |
Format | Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC, Dolby |
Contributor | Various |
Language | Turkish |
Runtime | 1 hour and 34 minutes |
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Nominated for 2015 Academy Award for Foreign Language Film. It's the beginning of the summer. In a village in the north of Turkey, Lale and her four sisters come home from school, innocently playing with boys. The supposed debauchery of their games causes a scandal with unintended consequences. The family home slowly turns into a prison, classes on housework and cooking replace school, and marriages begin to be arranged. The five sisters, driven by the same desire for freedom, fight back against the limits imposed on them.
BONUS FEATURES
-Theatrical Trailer
- A Drop of Water a short Film by Deniz Gamze Ergüven
-Interview with the Cast of Mustang
–includes 8-page booklet.
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- Aspect Ratio : 2.35:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
- Item model number : 35335828
- Director : Various
- Media Format : Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC, Dolby
- Run time : 1 hour and 34 minutes
- Release date : July 1, 2016
- Actors : Various
- Subtitles: : English
- Language : Turkish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Studio : Cohen Media Group
- ASIN : B018WKM75K
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #124,613 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #20,779 in Drama DVDs
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"Mustang" is a must-see film. Period.
Thanks for reading! '
𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒚𝒆.
Mustang is a 2015 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Turkish-French film director Deniz Gamze Ergüven in her feature debut. The film is set in a remote Turkish village and depicts the lives of five young orphaned sisters and challenges they face growing up as girls in a conservative society
Having grown up in between France and turkey, Ergüven's intentions of capturing something very specific to her upbringing - a film of sexualization through which women are generally perceived and filtered through - is presented through both the set design and screenplay of ‘Mustang’ from the very beginning. ‘Mustang’s primary conflict is intectualized to foreign audience members as being initiated by an account of folly and misunderstanding, but the escalation makes it quite clear that some amount of expectations and traditionalism are in the background pulling the strings with little effort and an insatiable appetite for control. Moreover, empathy for the young women is shown through interactions meant to imply that their older female relatives understand the flippant absurdity of their own actions while simultaneously affirming their livelihoods and expectations as inescapable at best. The scenery is also literally and metaphorically remote - shot in the village of Inebolu - with its winding roads and unnerving forest being constant reminders that the nearest city is approximately 370 miles away; the isolation, in so many words, is commanding and palpable.
Isolation is not simply a state of mind, because when infused with the right components it warps into a petri dish: acting as a host for a basket case of chaos and ill-fated tragedy. With the exception of Elit İşcan (Who had prior acting experience, and whose part was actually written for her) the primary actors were all mostly found by chance, and ‘Mustang’s ensemble cast coordinates themselves both organically and exquisitely within the confines of tightly written script. Some complaints revolve around the similarities of the five sisters making them hard to differentiate – but in many ways this makes sense given conformity being an ongoing theme that hardly loosens its grip. Where Mustang's hunger for individuality begins to shine is in its resourceful and quick-thinking protagonist - who all make their own way, have their own separate perspectives, and separately find ways to circumvent or surrender peacefully to their circumstances. Be forewarned however: because some of these ways are more heartbreaking than others.
Although influenced by realism, ‘Mustang’ has a fairytale-esque quality to it that makes it easy to nitpick. Some of the paths taken are wildly a logical (or, rather unlikely) but what could stifle Mustang’s brilliance turns it into an allegory regarding subject matter and behaviors that function as both complicated and discernible to audience members with any understanding of the inconvenience and dangers linked to sexism and inflexible traditionalist values. The wanderlust-like narrative is further supported by the decision to tell the majority of Mustang from the perspective of its youngest protagonist, whose position is akin to that of a prize destined to be pulled out of a claw machine.
As the title implies though - you can't break a horse that refuses to be bought.
On a more personal note: as someone with a pretty generous amount of siblings myself ( three brothers and one sister) Ergüven’s Directions captures something magical about a bond and united front that is not so easily made tangible. Between the pranks and shenanigans is a gigantic reservoir of support and acceptance- and by a further extension of these things, hope. What a gloriously refined film. I’ll be sticking it in my back pocket for future reference.
The movie doesn't beat you over the head with its feminist message but lets the drama unfold naturally. The tone is surprisingly sweet and even funny in places for a movie with such a subject matter. First time director Deniz Gamze Ergüven has a strong grip on tone; she never allows the movie to become too gritty for its own good. The girls are not defined by the plot like it's often the case with this type of movies; they have moments of laughs and happiness which never undermine the seriousness of the subject matter.
The performances from the lead actresses are phenomenal. The youngest girl blew me away - not once do you feel like she's acting. Their performances is what make them so distinctive from each other and not just stand-ins for Oppressed Muslim Girls TM like it's often the case.
Mustang is easily one of the best feminist movies of the year, proudly sitting next to The Diary of a Teenage Girl. It's sincere and heartfelt, it's not preachy but honest and it shows great premise for the future of its director.
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Ok, eine Brücke für die unüberwindbare Kluft zwischen modernem freiheitlichen und vor allem emanzipierten Leben junger Frauen und den immer noch gepflegten Traditionen eines patriarchischen und von der Religion abgesegneten Systems wird "Mustang" durch seine Einseitigkeit nicht bauen können. Aber muss er das ? Die türkischstämmige und in Frankreich aufgewachsene Regisseurin behandelt das heikle und hochpolitische Thema der Zwangsehen und sie stellt sich klar auf die Seite der fünf Schwestern, die sich langsam für Jungs interessieren. Irgendwie erinnert dieser tragische, aber nie sentimentale Film mit seiner Geschichte an Sofia Coppolas frühes Meisterwerk "The Virgin Suicides", unterschiedlich aber deshalb, weil Coppolas Film eine sonderbare, aber dennoch typisch amerikanische Story erzählt und "Mustang" dem europäischen Kino entstammt und schon von Anfang an als wie eine trügerische, aber sonnendurchflutete Parabel wirkt. "Mustang" hat die Regisseurin ihren Film genannt, weil der Mustang als Wildpferd das perfekte Symbol für die fünf jungen Heldinnen ist - für das zügellose und ungestüme Termperament. Kameratechnisch wurde "Mustang" von David Chizallet und Ersin Gok veredelt und die Geschichte bleibt konsequent auf der Sichtweise der fünf Mädchen.
Die fünf Geschwister Nur (Doğa Zeynep Doğuşlu), Ece (Elit Iscan), Selma (Tugba Sunguroglu) Sonay (Ilayda Akdogan) und Lale (Günes Nezihe Sensoy) sind Vollwaise und wachsen bei ihrer Großmutter (Nihal Coldas) auf. Deren Sohn Erol (Ayberg Peczan) ist ledig und lebt auch noch im selben Haus, in einem kleinen Dorf am Schwarzen Meer. Am Ende des Schuljahres verabschiedet sich die beliebte Lehrerin Dilek (Bahar Kerimoglu) von der Klasse und ausgelassen laufen die Mädchen nach Hause. Auch ein paar Jungs begleiten sie. Alle sind froh, dass die Ferien begonnen haben, es herrscht eine ausgelassene Stimmung. In ihren Schuluniformen fangen sie ein Spiel mit den Jungs an, die Teenager landen dadurch im Wasser und machen sich die Kleider naß. Als sie heim kommen ist der Teufel los, denn Oma wurde von einer aufmerksamen Nachbarin bereits unterrichtet, dass dieses obszöne unanständige Verhalten sofort unterbunden werden muss. Die Strafe folgt und Erol lässt gemeinsam mit der Großmutter das Haus immer mehr eine Gefängnisatmosphäre aufkommen. Mauern werden hochgezogen, es wird alles abgeschlossen...schließlich will man nicht, dass eins der Mädchen ihre Jungfräulichkeit verliert. Da das sexuelle Interesse aber bereits aufgekeimt ist, versucht die Familie die Mädchen so schnell wie möglich mit Zwang zu verheiraten. Vor allem das Nesthäkchen Lale erweist sich bald als treibende Kraft eines Widerstandes - sie interessiert sich mehr für Fußball als für Kochrezepte. Sie findet auch Schleichwege aus dem auf allen Seiten verriegelten Haus...
Und tatsächlich ist es auch die junge Günes Sensoy, die man einfach lieben muss. Ein Mädchen, dass schon sehr früh weiß was sie nicht will...nämlich sich dem ungerechten Patriarchat zu beugen. Dabei freundet sie sich mit dem Fahrer Yasin (Burak Ygit) an, der ihr irgendwann im Lauf der Handlung beibringt wie man ein Auto startet und wie man fahren kann. Der Film ist sehr geglückt, weil er ein Plädoyer für Freiheit ist und eben gegen jede Unterdrückung steht. Wie im richtigen Leben zeigt die Geschichte zwar auch die Tiefen, aber auch einige Höhen werden gezeigt. In Katar wurde der Film verboten - das zeigt natürlich wie brisant dieser Film tatsächlich ist.
The story centres on five young girls, all sisters, ranging in age from about 11 to 17. They are very close and playful. In the bright summer sun we see them in their school uniforms after school. The school bus is ready for them but they decide to walk home instead. They take a path along the beach. Some boys from the school, their friends, accompany them. Before long the girls are frolicking in the surf, still in their uniforms, splashing water at one another. The boys join in, the two older sisters lifted onto their shoulders. The girls wrestle together in this posture, trying to knock the other down and into the waves while the boys hold them aloft. An innocent game, no kissing and hanky panky. It’s all just freeing fun in the sea.
But word spreads. A neighbour has seen the girls carrying on with the boys. The legs of the girls on the shoulders of the boys means their private parts touched the necks of the boys. This fact is scandalous, the line between innocent play and moral debauchery paper thin. The girls, all of them lithe, long-haired and pretty, cannot be trusted to restrain and behave themselves in public any longer. They must now be strictly guarded for their own protection (and for the social reputation of the family). They are too young to understand the dangers their beauty will inevitably attract. Thus they become prisoners in their own home. For their own good, of course. Or so say the adults.
The adults in this case are not their parents. Their mother and father must have died, though we don’t learn how. The girls are in the care of their grandmother and one uncle, their Uncle Erol, he the strict patriarch and the grandmother (his mother) the enforcer. She will teach them how to become proper ladies, naturally with an eye toward marrying them off as soon as possible. Granny was married at 15. There was no love at first, she tells the girls. Her husband was a stranger, the marriage arranged by her family and his. But love, an aspect of loyalty and duty, came soon enough, as did children. Her granddaughters will learn the same. It’s the way things are done and have been done for generations. They must be taught to conform and obey.
The girls, from eldest to youngest, are Sonay, Selma, Ece, Nur and Lale. Sonay has a secret boyfriend who is smitten with her. Like Romeo at the balcony of Juliet, he comes to her in the moonlight, cooing outside her upstairs bedroom window. But there is no balcony. Instead, the call of love makes Sonay shimmy down a drainpipe to reach the waiting arms of her boyfriend. They dash off together into a thicket of trees near the beach. The younger sisters are aware of these trysts and want to know what they consist of, but Sonay at 17 reckons they’re still too young to understand and reveals little to them, though later she lets slip to Selma that yes, she is still chaste, as she and her boyfriend have learned to make love in unconventional ways that preserve her virginity. Selma uses her imagination and looks appalled. But this is what repression will do.
Granny goes to work on the girls. They are taken out of school and kept at home, there to be taught more important skills than those of studies and book learning: cooking, baking, washing, sewing, darning and mending. Their modern clothes of cotton summer dresses, shorts, T-shirts and singlets are taken from them, replaced by long, baggy, ill-fitting, dowdy dresses that make them look like nuns. No make-up for the older girls anymore, and no flashy shoes for any of them. Sonay (17) and Selma (16) will soon be presented as prospective brides. But Sonay protests and will only marry her boyfriend, which the boyfriend is eager for as well, so Selma will be the first to be forced into an arranged marriage. She consents, but only under duress. Sonay meanwhile will marry her boyfriend. On the day of the dual wedding the sisters could not be more different, one extremely happy, the other quite miserable. How will Selma cope? With great difficulty it seems. On her wedding night her new husband accuses her of being a harlot, as there is no blood on the sheets after they have made love. The husband is incensed, as is his mother who is brought into the bedroom to examine the sheets. They have been duped! This scene may be an example of Turkish farce, but it’s also quite pathetic. Apparently the wedding can be annulled if Selma is found to be unchaste.
Next stop the gynaecologist, relied on to confirm the purity of young women or not. He examines Selma and reports that she is unsullied, her hymen unbroken, so maybe the new husband was inept or inexperienced in the bedroom. At any rate, scandal is avoided. The couple shall remain united, though Selma doesn’t know whether to laugh or cry about it. What she could do is run but evidently lacks the courage or imagination to try.
The middle sister Ece, perhaps only 15, purposely sullies herself by having sex with a young man. Is this a form of protest, a way of escaping marriage? We can’t be sure, but under unremitting pressure to marry her mind may have become unbalanced. Her fate will not be a good one.
This leaves the two youngest girls also unwed. Nur cannot be more than 14, yet the family of a suitor is invited to meet her. Yes, she is young, everyone agrees, but she will grow into a fine young childbearing woman, the family of the suitor thinks, as does the young man intended for her. Nur is appalled but does not protest.
So it is left to Lale, the youngest of the sisters, to take action. She is bold and determined, and what she will do will save both herself and sister Nur from patriarchal tyranny.
Though well received abroad at international festivals, the film caused controversy in Turkey, which is what honesty can do when it speaks truth to power. Tradition in Turkey is seen to be ugly, at least this particular form of tradition. Human beings are not property, nor should girls be raised to be comfort women, even if traditional values depend on them being so. Forms of modern empowerment may give girls the idea that they, too, can have a say in their futures. This ought to be axiomatic, a fundamental human right. That it isn’t in certain parts of Turkey even now is what this beautiful film wants to show. Beautiful for its bravery and honesty, then, but also for its visual qualities. The sky and sea and mountains look gorgeous, as do the young girls in all their spontaneous innocence. They are sweet and precious and deserve to be valued as such, not as commodities to be bartered for family gain or social standing. The film deserves great praise for showing how and why some social values are evil. In this it does not compromise, so I respect it for its courage.