IM KREIS DER FAMILIE #1: „Mustang"

In the organizer's words:

Lale and her four sisters grow up with their uncle after the death of their parents. When they are observed playing carefree with a couple of boys in the sea after school, they cause a scandal in the family. Their behavior is seen as a disgrace and leads to drastic consequences: The house becomes a prison for the girls, instead of schooling there are now etiquette lessons, and forced marriages are prepared. But the five sisters, who all feel a great longing for freedom, begin to fight back against the restrictions imposed on them.
Director Deniz Gamze Ergüven brings the five sisters' courageous struggle for self-determination in a patriarchal society to the screen in a sensitive and powerful way. With light-flooded images, the film defies the dramatic events and counters the brutality with sensitivity and youthful rebellion. (Ergüven, TR DE FR QA 2015 - FSK 12 - OmdU)

More information: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustang_(2015)

YouTube trailer: https://youtu.be/5cr8weTraek

We are showing the film in the original language in Turkish with German subtitles.

We are showing the film as part of our curated series Im Kreise der Familie. The year is fast approaching the so-called celebration of family. But what is family? Our films in December revolve around constellations beyond mother, father and child. Whether in found or self-chosen families, in the rejection or absence of biological ones - it becomes clear from various perspectives that the concept of family can and should be thought of more broadly than a lifelong connection dictated by blood relations. After all, the birthday boy on December 24th already had several fathers.

Price information:

4 Euro = no coal ticket 7 Euro = normal price, financing for "no coal" ticket