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4.Bir Başkadır
"Bir Başkadır" tells the story of Meryem, a part-time cleaner who begins experiencing fainting spells. She enlists the help of psychiatrist Peri to uncover the cause of her condition. This series is a deep dive into the human psyche and the mysteries of the mind.
Plot: The series tells the story of Meryem, a part-time cleaner from a conservative family who lives on the outskirts of Istanbul. She experiences fainting spells and consults Peri, a psychiatrist whose background is dramatically different from Meryem’s. The series presents a variety of characters, including a rich but depressed playboy, a middle-class Kurdish family, a soap opera actress, a rape survivor, an ex-soldier, an intellectual, and a hodja and his closeted gay daughter, all of whom are somehow connected through Meryem.
Cast:
- Öykü Karayel as Meryem
- Fatih Artman as Yasin, Meryem’s domineering brother
- Funda Eryiğit as Ruhiye, Yasin’s disturbed wife
- Defne Kayalar as Peri, a psychiatrist
- Settar Tanrıöğen as Ali Sadi (Hoca)
- Tülin Özen as Gülbin, a therapist counselling Peri
- Gökhan Yıkılkan as Hilmi
- Alican Yücesoy as Sinan, Meryem’s wealthy employer
- Bige Önal as Hayrünnisa, the hodja’s daughter
- Derya Karadaş as Gülan
- Öner Erkan as Rezan
- Nesrin Cavadzade as Melisa, a well-known soap opera actress
Release Date in India: The series was released on Netflix on November 12, 2020.
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