2015 · drama
Mustang (2015)
Directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven1h 37m2015
In a Turkish village, five orphaned sisters live under strict rule while members of their family prepare their arranged marriages.
Our read: Mustang (2015) (2015) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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