2015 · 97 min · PG-13

Mustang

Name: Mustang
Genre: Drama
Released: 2015
Duration: 97 min
Cast: Güneş Şensoy, Doğa Doğuşlu, Elit İşcan, Tuğba Sunguroğlu, İlayda Akdoğan

Directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven · Drama

Mustang (2015) is a Drama film, directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven set in Turkey during the 2010s. It runs 97 minutes and is rated PG-13.

Themes of coming of age and family & loyalty run throughout.

Composer

Warren Ellis

Cinematography

David ChizalletErsin Gök

Cast

Güneş ŞensoyDoğa DoğuşluElit İşcanTuğba Sunguroğluİlayda AkdoğanAyberk PekcanBahar KerimoğluBurak Yiğit

The world of this film

Setting

Where

Turkey

Setting

Rural

When

2010s

Premise & themes

Themes

Coming Of Age Family & Loyalty

Tone

BleakMelancholicHopeful

Shape

Protagonist

EnsembleFemale Led Child Lead

Pacing

Measured

Based on

Pure Fiction

2022
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Hamburg · Istanbul — 2000s
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1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Venice · Austria · Hatay — 1930s
Desert · Urbandir. Steven Spielberg
1978
Midnight Express
Istanbul — 1970s
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Mustang

The world of this film

Setting

Premise & themes

Shape

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