Mustang (15)

Drama

When five orphan girls are seen innocently playing with boys on a beach, their scandalized conservative guardians confine them while forced marriages are arranged.

The critical consensus

It’s directed with such an assured and sophisticated hand that it’s easy to forget this is Ergüven’s debut.

(*) Yasmin Sulaiman, The List, 09/05/2016

As you become caught up in the plight of each girl, Mustang takes you to the edge of your seat.

(*) Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 13/05/2016

As bleak as things get, debut director Deniz Gamze Ergüven revels in the exuberance of her principal protagonists, ensuring this remains a hopeful celebration of life lived under trying circumstances.

(*) Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 14/05/2016

Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s debut is an accomplished study of what it means to be young and female in Turkey.

Wendy Ide, The Observer, 15/05/2016