All films start at 7:30 p.m. at the Fox Theater, 2001 H St. All screen on Friday nights. Admission for any single film is $6; season pass for all 15 is $50. For more information, visit flics.org or call 428-0354.
Mustang
2015, PG-13, 97 minutes, Turkey, in Turkish with English subtitles
The film is set in early summer in a village in Northern Turkey. Five free-spirited teenaged sisters splash about on the beach with their male classmates. Though their games are merely innocent fun, a neighbor passes by and reports what she considers to be illicit behavior to the girls’ family. The family overreacts, removing all “instruments of corruption,” like cell phones and computers, and essentially imprisoning the girls, subjecting them to endless lessons in housework in preparation for them to become brides. As the eldest sisters are married off, the younger ones bond together to avoid the same fate. The fierce love between them empowers them to rebel and chase a future where they can determine their own lives in Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s directorial debut, a powerful portrait of female empowerment. Nominated for the best foreign-language film at 2016 Oscars.
FLICS 2016-2017 season
Sept. 16: “Love & Friendship”
Sept. 23: “Truman”
Oct. 21: “The Dark Horse” (500th FLICS film)
Nov. 4: “The Bride/La Novia”
Nov. 11: “Coming Home”
Dec. 2: “Women He’s Undressed”
Jan. 13: “Song of Lahore”
Feb. 10: “The Fits”
Feb. 24: “Theeb”
March 10: “Dheepan”
March 24: “Marguerite”
April 7: “Phoenix”
April 21: “Meru”