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* BloodstainedDefloration: On Selma and Osman's wedding night, her in-laws check the bedsheets to prove that Selma was a virgin before the wedding. Because there isn't any blood on the sheets, they take her to a hospital for a test.
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* HuddleShot: The CircleOfFriendship formed by the sisters at the wedding, the last time they're all together.
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* ArrangedMarriage: An important part of the movie is about the marriages arranged by the grandmother and uncle of four of the five girls. [[spoiler:Eventually, only the arranged marriage of Selma with Osman actually takes place. Sonay manages to make a love marriage. Ece commits suicide before the conclusion of the negociations. Nur is a RunawayBride.]]

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* ArrangedMarriage: An important part of the movie is about the marriages arranged by the grandmother and uncle of four of the five girls. [[spoiler:Eventually, only the arranged marriage of Selma with Osman actually takes place. Sonay manages to make a love marriage. Ece commits suicide before the conclusion of the negociations.negotiations. Nur is a RunawayBride.]]
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* LongHairIsFeminine: All the sisters are showing with their hair hanging loose and long to emphasize their unconstrained, youthful femininity as opposed to the more conservative, older women who surround them, who either have shorter hair, tie it back, or cover it with headscarves.
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* ShakingHerHairLoose: Played with. Most of the other female characters are shown with their hair other short, tied back, or under a headscarf. The sisters are all shown with their hair hanging loose, hanging down their backs or on the floor, and often blowing in the wind to emphasize their youth and spiritual freedom from patriarchal standards.

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* OrphansOrdeal: The movie is about the story of five orphan girls, raised by their grandmother and it involves virginity tests, confinement in the family house, ArrangedMarriage, suicide, [[spoiler:rape by CreepyUncle, and finally escape to Istanbul]].

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* OrphansOrdeal: The movie is about the story of five orphan girls, raised by their grandmother and it ten years after both their parents died. It involves virginity tests, confinement in the family house, ArrangedMarriage, suicide, [[spoiler:rape by CreepyUncle, and finally escape to Istanbul]].


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* SingleSexOffspring: The younger generation of the family is made up of the five sisters.

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* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Yasin rescues the stranded Lale and Nur and drives them to a bus station, where they can reach Istanbul.]]


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* TheCavalry: [[spoiler:Yasin rescues the stranded Lale and Nur and drives them to a bus station, where they can reach Istanbul.]]
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* RaisedByGrandparents: the five girls were raised by their grandmother.

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* RaisedByGrandparents: the The five girls were raised by their grandmother.



* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Seemingly played straight, but ultimately subverted with the Grandmother. When Erol comes storming in, having heard of the sisters playing a game of chicken with some boys, he lashes out at the Grandmother, saying that she's let them run free for a decade; the Grandmother, who had punished the girls for their behavior before, downplays their action and tries to assure him that it was just a rumor. [[spoiler:She stops being sympathetic, though, when it's revealed that she knows about Erol raping the sisters and does approximately nothing about it.]]

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Seemingly played straight, but ultimately subverted with the Grandmother. When Erol comes storming in, having heard of the sisters playing a game of chicken with some boys, he lashes out at the Grandmother, saying that she's let them run free for a decade; the Grandmother, who had punished the girls for their behavior before, downplays their action and tries to assure him that it was just a rumor. [[spoiler:She stops being sympathetic, though, when it's revealed that she knows about Erol raping the sisters and does approximately absolutely nothing about it.]]
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* NatureAdoresAVirgin: Virginity is important for the girls' family. After they played in the sea with boys, the three older girls must have a virginity test. During the wedding night of Selma and Osman, as there is no blood on the bedsheets, Osman and her family brings Selma to the hospital in the middle of the night for another virginity test.
* NiceGuy: Yasin.

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* NatureAdoresAVirgin: Virginity is important for the girls' family. After they played in the sea with boys, the three older girls must have a virginity test. During the wedding night of Selma and Osman, Osman's wedding night, as there is no blood on the bedsheets, Osman and her family brings Selma to the hospital in the middle of the night for another virginity test.
* NiceGuy: Yasin.Yasin, the truck driver who helps the girls multiple times.



* OhCrap: The girls' female relatives when they see the sisters on TV, attending a game when they were supposed to be on house arrest.
* OrphansOrdeal: The movie is about the story of five orphan girls, raised by their grandmother and it involves virginity test, confinement in the family house, ArrangedMarriage, suicide, [[spoiler:rape by CreepyUncle, and finally escape to Istanbul]].

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* OhCrap: The girls' female relatives when they see the sisters on TV, attending a game football match when they were supposed to be on under house arrest.
* OrphansOrdeal: The movie is about the story of five orphan girls, raised by their grandmother and it involves virginity test, tests, confinement in the family house, ArrangedMarriage, suicide, [[spoiler:rape by CreepyUncle, and finally escape to Istanbul]].
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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: The sisters all come off as this in one way or the other, but it tends to be justified, given their situation.

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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: The sisters all come off as this in one way or the other, another, but it tends to be justified, given their situation.



* FollowThatCar: when the five girls escape the house to attend a football match, they arrive too late and the coach has just left. They stop a truck and ask the driver to follow the fans' coach. Eventually, they can catch up with the coach.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Erol and the Grandmother turn the house into the prison so that the girls have no chance of sneaking out. [[spoiler:It ends up biting them both on the ass at the end, as they can't get inside when Lale and Nur lock the doors thanks to the windows being barred.]]
* MoralGuardians: The five girls plays in the sea with boys and a woman denounces this obscene behaviour to their grandmother. This woman seems to consider herself as the moral guardian of the village.
* NatureAdoresAVirgin: Virginity is important for the family of the girls. After they played in the sea with boys, the three older girls must have a virginity test. During the wedding night of Selma and Osman, as there is no blood on the bedsheets, Osman and her family brings Selma to the hospital in the middle of the night for another virginity test.

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* FollowThatCar: when When the five girls escape the house to attend a football match, they arrive too late and the coach has just left. They stop a truck and ask the driver to follow the fans' coach. it. Eventually, they can catch up with the coach.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Erol and the Grandmother turn the house into the a prison so that the girls have no chance of sneaking out. [[spoiler:It ends up biting them both on the ass at the end, as they can't get inside when Lale and Nur lock the doors thanks to the windows being barred.]]
* MoralGuardians: The five girls plays play in the sea with boys and a woman denounces this obscene behaviour to their grandmother. This woman seems to consider herself as the moral guardian of the village.
* NatureAdoresAVirgin: Virginity is important for the family of the girls.girls' family. After they played in the sea with boys, the three older girls must have a virginity test. During the wedding night of Selma and Osman, as there is no blood on the bedsheets, Osman and her family brings Selma to the hospital in the middle of the night for another virginity test.

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* SleepingDummy: Nur and Lale make one with their hair. [[spoiler:It's not used, though it is uncovered at the end as more of a poignant BrickJoke.]]

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* TheShutIn: The girls are not allowed to leave the house, not even to go to school, until they are married. Their uncle Erol even puts bars in front of all doors and windows. It doesn't stop them from sneaking out, though.
* SleepingDummy: Nur and Lale make one with their hair. [[spoiler:It's not used, though it is uncovered at the end as more of a poignant BrickJoke.]]]]

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-->--'''Laleh'''

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-->--'''Laleh'''
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* [[spoiler:CreepyUncle: Uncle Erol raped Ece, and starts raping Nur seemingly immediately after Ece's funeral]].

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* [[spoiler:CreepyUncle: Uncle CreepyUncle: [[spoiler:Uncle Erol raped Ece, and starts raping Nur seemingly immediately after Ece's funeral]].
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->''"The house became a wife factory that we never came out of."''
-->--'''Laleh'''

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Mustang is a 2015 internationally co-produced drama film directed by the Turkish female film director Deniz Gamze Ergüven, featuring mostly unknown actresses playing the main characters.

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Mustang [[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_2614.JPG]]

''Mustang''
is a 2015 internationally co-produced drama film directed by the Turkish female film director Deniz Gamze Ergüven, featuring mostly unknown actresses playing the main characters.

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Mustang is a 2015 internationally co-produced drama film directed by the Turkish female film director Deniz Gamze Ergüven, featuring mostly unknown actresses playing the main characters. The critically acclaimed film is centered on five strong-willed, free-spirited Turkish sisters who are caught playing a game of chicken at the beach with several boys. After a neighbor tattles to their conservative grandmother about this abhorrent behavior, the sisters are put on house arrest until they can learn to be proper wives and eventually get married off, to the chagrin of the girls. Praised for its feminist criticism of how women in Turkey are told to act, the film was well-received and enjoyed numerous awards and nominations.

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Mustang is a 2015 internationally co-produced drama film directed by the Turkish female film director Deniz Gamze Ergüven, featuring mostly unknown actresses playing the main characters.

The critically acclaimed film is centered on five strong-willed, free-spirited Turkish sisters who are caught playing a game of chicken at the beach with several boys. After a neighbor tattles to their conservative grandmother about this abhorrent behavior, the sisters are put on house arrest until they can learn to be proper wives and eventually get married off, to the chagrin of the girls. Praised for its feminist criticism of how women in Turkey are told to act, the film was well-received and enjoyed numerous awards and nominations.

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Mustang is a 2015 internationally co-produced drama film directed by the Turkish female film director Deniz Gamze Ergüven.

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Mustang is a 2015 internationally co-produced drama film directed by the Turkish female film director Deniz Gamze Ergüven.Ergüven, featuring mostly unknown actresses playing the main characters. The critically acclaimed film is centered on five strong-willed, free-spirited Turkish sisters who are caught playing a game of chicken at the beach with several boys. After a neighbor tattles to their conservative grandmother about this abhorrent behavior, the sisters are put on house arrest until they can learn to be proper wives and eventually get married off, to the chagrin of the girls. Praised for its feminist criticism of how women in Turkey are told to act, the film was well-received and enjoyed numerous awards and nominations.



* ArrangedMarriage: an important part of the movie is about the mariages arranged by the grandmother and uncle of four of the five girls. [[spoiler:Eventually, only the arranged marriage of Selma with Osman actually takes place. Sonay manages to make a love marriage. Ece commits suicide before the conclusion of the negociations. Nur is a RunawayBride.]]
* [[spoiler:CreepyUncle: uncle Erol rapes Nur]].

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* ACupAngst: Lale stuffs her bra twice, trying to match up to her more physically mature sisters.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Lale is a typical youngest sibling, often harmlessly obnoxious to her older sisters. [[spoiler:Though her headstrong nature is what gets her and Nur out of the village.]]
* ArrangedMarriage: an An important part of the movie is about the mariages marriages arranged by the grandmother and uncle of four of the five girls. [[spoiler:Eventually, only the arranged marriage of Selma with Osman actually takes place. Sonay manages to make a love marriage. Ece commits suicide before the conclusion of the negociations. Nur is a RunawayBride.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Yasin rescues the stranded Lale and Nur and drives them to a bus station, where they can reach Istanbul.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Ece is dead and it's unlikely that Nur and Lale will be able to see their remaining married sisters anytime soon, but for now they're safe with their teacher Dilek.]]
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: The sisters all come off as this in one way or the other, but it tends to be justified, given their situation.
* [[CoolUncle Cool Aunt]]: Downplayed, but present enough to be meaningful in an environment as oppressive as this. While the other female relatives are fretting at the sight of the girls on TV, attending a soccer match, Aunt Emine singlehandedly makes the house, and eventually the whole neighborhood, lose power so that the male relatives won't know.
* [[spoiler:CreepyUncle: uncle Uncle Erol rapes Nur]].raped Ece, and starts raping Nur seemingly immediately after Ece's funeral]].



* MoralGuardians: the five girls plays in the sea with boys and a woman denounces this obscene dehaviour to their grandmother. This woman seems to consider herself as the moral guardian of the village.
* NatureAdoresAVirgin: virginity is important for the family of the girls. After they played in the sea with boys, the three older girls must have a virginity test. During the wedding night of Selma and Osman, as there is no blood on the bedsheets, Osman and her family brings Selma to the hospital in the middle of the night for another virginity test.

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Erol and the Grandmother turn the house into the prison so that the girls have no chance of sneaking out. [[spoiler:It ends up biting them both on the ass at the end, as they can't get inside when Lale and Nur lock the doors thanks to the windows being barred.]]
* MoralGuardians: the The five girls plays in the sea with boys and a woman denounces this obscene dehaviour behaviour to their grandmother. This woman seems to consider herself as the moral guardian of the village.
* NatureAdoresAVirgin: virginity Virginity is important for the family of the girls. After they played in the sea with boys, the three older girls must have a virginity test. During the wedding night of Selma and Osman, as there is no blood on the bedsheets, Osman and her family brings Selma to the hospital in the middle of the night for another virginity test.test.
* NiceGuy: Yasin.
* NoNameGiven: The girls' grandmother is only known as "The Grandmother."



* OrphansOrdeal: the movie is about the story of five orphan girls, raised by their grandmother and it involves virginity test, confinement in the family house, ArrangedMarriage, suicide, [[spoiler:rape by CreepyUncle, and finally escape to Istanbul]].

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* OhCrap: The girls' female relatives when they see the sisters on TV, attending a game when they were supposed to be on house arrest.
* OrphansOrdeal: the The movie is about the story of five orphan girls, raised by their grandmother and it involves virginity test, confinement in the family house, ArrangedMarriage, suicide, [[spoiler:rape by CreepyUncle, and finally escape to Istanbul]].Istanbul]].
* PluckyGirl: Lale. She never gives up sneaking out of the house and trying to find a way to leave even as their situation gets more and more dire.



* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler:Lale discovers that Erol has been raping Ece, which, along with her upcoming arranged marriage, has been making her act "dangerous," including having casual sex with a man in the car while her uncle is away for only a few minutes. It leads up to her being DrivenToSuicide.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Seemingly played straight, but ultimately subverted with the Grandmother. When Erol comes storming in, having heard of the sisters playing a game of chicken with some boys, he lashes out at the Grandmother, saying that she's let them run free for a decade; the Grandmother, who had punished the girls for their behavior before, downplays their action and tries to assure him that it was just a rumor. [[spoiler:She stops being sympathetic, though, when it's revealed that she knows about Erol raping the sisters and does approximately nothing about it.]]



* SleepingDummy: Nur and Lale make one with their hair. [[spoiler:Finally it is not used.]]

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* SleepingDummy: Nur and Lale make one with their hair. [[spoiler:Finally [[spoiler:It's not used, though it is not used.uncovered at the end as more of a poignant BrickJoke.]]

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* MoralGuardians: the five girls plays in the sea with boys and a woman denounces this obscene dehaviour to their grandmother. This woman seems to consider herself as the moral guardian of the village.
* NatureAdoresAVirgin: virginity is important for the family of the girls. After they played in the sea with boys, the three older girls must have a virginity test. During the wedding night of Selma and Osman, as there is no blood on the bedsheets, Osman and her family brings Selma to the hospital in the middle of the night for another virginity test.



* OrphansOrdeal: the movie is about the story of five orphan girls, raised by their grandmother and it involves confinement in the family house, ArrangedMarriage, suicide, [[spoiler:rape by CreepyUncle, and finally escape to Istanbul]].

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* OrphansOrdeal: the movie is about the story of five orphan girls, raised by their grandmother and it involves virginity test, confinement in the family house, ArrangedMarriage, suicide, [[spoiler:rape by CreepyUncle, and finally escape to Istanbul]].

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* ArrangedMarriage: Selma and Osman. It did not work with Ece and Nur.
* CreepyUncle: Erol
* {{Determinator}}: Lale
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Ece]]
* FollowThatCar: follow that fans' coach.
* HeartwarmingOrphan: Lale, Nur, Ece, Selma and Sonay.

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* ArrangedMarriage: an important part of the movie is about the mariages arranged by the grandmother and uncle of four of the five girls. [[spoiler:Eventually, only the arranged marriage of Selma and Osman. It did not work with Osman actually takes place. Sonay manages to make a love marriage. Ece and Nur.
commits suicide before the conclusion of the negociations. Nur is a RunawayBride.]]
* CreepyUncle: Erol
[[spoiler:CreepyUncle: uncle Erol rapes Nur]].
* {{Determinator}}: Lale
Lale is determined to escape the house and to go to Istanbul. She makes plans for it, which involve SleepingDummy and driving lessons.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Ece]]
[[spoiler:Ece]] commits suicide to escape from an ArrangedMarriage.
* FollowThatCar: when the five girls escape the house to attend a football match, they arrive too late and the coach has just left. They stop a truck and ask the driver to follow that the fans' coach.
* HeartwarmingOrphan: Lale, Nur, Ece, Selma and Sonay.
coach. Eventually, they can catch up with the coach.



* OrphansOrdeal: the movie is about the sad story of five orphan girls.

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* OrphansOrdeal: the movie is about the sad story of five orphan girls.girls, raised by their grandmother and it involves confinement in the family house, ArrangedMarriage, suicide, [[spoiler:rape by CreepyUncle, and finally escape to Istanbul]].



* RunawayBride: [[spoiler:Nur]]
* SleepingDummy: Nur and Lale make one with their hair.

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* RunawayBride: [[spoiler:Nur]]
[[spoiler:Nur escapes her ArrangedMarriage and flees to Istanbul with Lale.]]
* SleepingDummy: Nur and Lale make one with their hair. [[spoiler:Finally it is not used.]]
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* Determinator: Lale

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* Determinator: {{Determinator}}: Lale
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* ArrangedMarriage: Selma and Osman. It did not work with Ece and Nur.
* CreepyUncle: Erol
* Determinator: Lale
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Ece]]
* FollowThatCar: follow that fans' coach.
* HeartwarmingOrphan: Lale, Nur, Ece, Selma and Sonay.
* NotSoGreatEscape: Lale hides behind a bed when she was searching a safe and her grandmother came in.
* OrphansOrdeal: the movie is about the sad story of five orphan girls.
* RaisedByGrandparents: the five girls were raised by their grandmother.
* RunawayBride: [[spoiler:Nur]]
* SleepingDummy: Nur and Lale make one with their hair.

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