Mr Schulz congratulated the three finalists, including the winning film director Deniz Gamze Ergüven and her crew, and said: “These very different films raise fundamental questions: “How must our continent of emigration change in order to evolve into a continent of immigration? What is the role of women in societies on our doorstep? How is the economic crisis undermining our lives together? These European films deserve our support and I am proud that the European Parliament is again this year helping to show these films as widely as possible ” .
The plot of Mustang tells the story of five sisters who have been promised to husbands through forced marriages but who, determined to live their own lives, break the yoke of tradition. Early summer. In a village in northern Turkey, Lale and her four sisters are walking home from school, playing innocently with some boys. The immorality of their play sets off a scandal that has unexpected consequences. The family home is progressively transformed into a prison ; instruction in homemaking replaces school and marriages start being arranged. The five sisters who share a common passion for freedom, find ways of getting around the constraints imposed on them.
Carlo MARINO
