In a village in Turkey, five sisters are playing innocently with some boys. The immorality of their play sets off a scandal that has unexpected consequences. 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.

Keywords

• Ann Sirot’s favourite films
• Best first feature
• Best of the decade
• Cannes: Quinzaine des Cinéastes
• Cinéart: 50 Years of Great Cinema
• Coming of Age
• European Film Awards
• Female Filmmakers
• Festival de Cannes
• Festival de Cannes - Tax Shelter
• Fien Troch’s favourite films
• Golden Globes
• Les César du cinéma
• Movies you need to watch once in your life
• Portraits of empowered women
• Premios Goya
• Red Carpet
• Teenage Years
• The Oscars
• The Sooner team's favorites: Sarah
• Women's Rights

Actors

• Güneş Nezihe Şensoy
• Burak Yigit
• Nihal Koldas
• Doğa Zeynep Doğuşlu
• Suzanne Marrot
• Elit Işcan
• Ayberk Pekcan
• Tuğba Sunguroğlu
• Ilayda Akdoğan
• Bahar Kerimoğlu
• Erol Afsin

Director

• Deniz Gamze Ergüven