Mustang – 8PM

Mustang

Screening: Thursday, April 21, 2016 – 8 pm
Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop St. W., Barrie
Co-written and Directed by: Deniz Gamze Ergüven
Cast: Günes Sensoy, Ayberk Pekcan, Bahar Kerimoglu, Suzanne Marrot, Burak Yigit and Aynur Komecoglu

Drama, PG for mature thematic material, sexual content and coarse language, 94 min., Language: Turkish with English Subtitles (Turkey/France/Germany/Qatar)

It’s early summer in a village in Northern Turkey and five free-spirited teenaged sisters splash about on the beach with their male classmates. Though their games are merely innocent fun, a neighbour passes by and reports what she considers to be illicit behavior to the girls’ family. The family overreacts, removing all “instruments of corruption,” like cell phones and computers, and essentially imprisoning the girls, subjecting them to endless lessons in housework in preparation for them to become brides. As the eldest sisters are married off, the younger ones bond together to avoid the same fate. The fierce love between them empowers them to rebel and chase a future where they can determine their own lives in Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s critically acclaimed debut film.

Awards:

Won, Audience Award, AFI Fest, 2015
Won, Label Europa Cinema, Cannes Film Festival, 2015
Won, Audience Choice Award for Best Narrative Foreign-Language Feature, Chicago International Film Festival, 2015
Won, European Discovery of the Year, European Film Awards, 2015
Nominated, Best Foreign Language Film, Academy Awards, 2016
Nominated, Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language, Golden Globes, 2016
Won, Directors to Watch, Palm Springs International Film Festival, 2016

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