Deniz Gamze Ergüven's film 'Mustang' will be in charge of representing France in the Oscar preselection for best film in a foreign language.
Up to 36 times, France has won the Oscar nomination for best foreign film, the country with the most nominations in this category, and has won nine times, in addition to achieving three more statuettes when the category did not go through the nominations processInstead, it was delivered directly, being the second country with the most statuettes, after Italy.
In this new edition, France will seek its 37th candidacy with 'Mustang', a film by director Deniz Gamze Ergüven that has had great success in international competitions. Europa Cinemas Label Award at the Cannes Film Festival y best film and best actress for all its protagonists at the Sarajevo Film Festival they are a good example of the good reception in European 'Mustang' competitions.
Günes Sensoy, Doga Zeynep Doguslu, Tugba Sunguroglu, Elit Iscan and Ilayda Akdogan star in 'Mustang', a film that tells the story of five orphaned sisters between the ages of 12 and 16, who live in a small town in northern Turkey amid laughter and games on the waves of the Black Sea until their family, their uncle and their grandmother, decide to prepare them for their destiny, to be wives.