"Mustang" as Deniz Erguven's debut, defeated other excellent films including Palme d'Or, representing the largest country in film - France, and was nominated for the Oscar for best foreign language film.
This movie involving two hot topics of Muslims and feminism undoubtedly fits the right time, but such a heavy core is always wrapped in beautiful shots of light and shadow cruising. At the beginning of the movie, the five sisters who went out of school rushed into the cobalt blue sea, their clean shirts soaked in the sea water, just like their young bodies immersed in the tenderness of youth. After playing, they shoved and sneaked into the orchard to steal food. The color of the camera was so bright and clear, and the vigorous freedom overflowed through the screen in a place where screaming and frolic. However, the calm and peaceful daily life of the young people soon ushered in a storm. The town regarded the games of the five girls as obscene and made them go crazy. Since then, their lives under house arrest have also begun.
Deniz Erguven once said in an interview that "suddenly" is a key word of the film, and the sudden turn after the joy seems to be full of drama, but it is the normal life in Turkey's border towns. Trivial and mundane episodes often lead to irreversible cruel tragedies, "women who go to work and school in the morning may be killed at noon", they never know what will happen, and they can only tremble to face the unknown panic. Most of the debut films will add the director's autobiographical color, and "Mustang" is no exception. Deniz Erguven lived in an underserved region of Turkey before studying at LA FEMIS, a famous French film school. All the plots in this film are based on evidence. It not only carries the director's real and delicate observation and thinking, but also endows her with the courage and dreams she lost when she was young. The bodies of the girls in the movie are unbelievably beautiful. They sway their waists, their eyes are blurred, their long hair is swaying, and they admire their bodies and luster... But more often, they are so beautiful they don't even know it. Here, sexy no longer means taboo and ugliness, but has become a beautiful banner to resist shackles.
The long, sullen afternoon was stuffed with the sultry, lazy air, the narrow room was filled with light, and their honey-colored skin was almost transparent by the sun, as if the beauty could seep out when the light was thinner, and the charm And dangerous.
The collisions again and again made the walls higher and higher and more fences, but it became less and less able to trap their ambitions. In the movie, the cramped hut becomes a "good wife factory". For grandmothers, marriage seems to mean the completion of their lives, but in fact it is the beginning of their captivity. The monotonous and ugly robes, the tedious and boring labor, the violence and oppression of the uncle are all brewing a chronic madness, one after another, women are buried alive, but five souls mock the confinement of culture in their own ways.
Many people compare this film to "The Virgin Suicides", which is also the story of five girls. Compared with the desperate death in "The Virgin Suicides", "Wild Horse" is more like a brave run away. In the face of religious and moral confinement, they recklessly threw their shoes out of the window, tore their robes, screamed loudly, and committed suicide by drinking bullets.
Deniz Erguven once said that he wanted his film to be as free and pure as these five girls, so the use of non-professional actors, natural light and shoulder-to-shoulder photography became an important feature of this film. In the abundant light, every shot seems to be mixed with milky color, smooth and soft...and inject more light and hope into this heavy subject film. At the end of the movie, the last two sisters finally decided to break free... Jump in a car full of male majesty and flee to Istanbul, with the rapid background music, the plot on the line, and the temperament of a Hollywood blockbuster. An escape made the town's sticky night tremble with excitement.
The ending of the film is full of unknowns and possibilities, and the discussion of gender and rights is not over. Turkey is a typical Muslim country with a Muslim population accounting for more than 90%. It is true that Turkey took the lead in implementing the reform of separation of church and religion, which made Turkey once the country with the most complete human rights protection. In the 20th century, women had the right to vote, but the shocking imprisonment still exists.
Probably as the director said, the original intention of this film is "Remind and Remember"
This article was written on 2016-06-25
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