Straight outta Europe and critical acclaim is the coming of age story of five sisters coping with a repressive life due to religion. Following the discovery of “inappropriate” relations with local boys in rural Turkey, the group of sisters are kept under virtual house arrest by their devoutly Muslim grandmother and uncle. Feeling suffocated by their conservative family, the girls rebel in their own way, trying to come to terms their faith and modernity. As relevant as it is well made, Mustang enthralls throughout.

MUSTANG
dir. Deniz Gamze Ergüven
2015
97 min