The series is not about love 34: Share with me the patience that has helped you in your solitude. Without tears and lamentations I want to transfer what is released to me.
You know, there are movies, books, TV shows, songs that you come back to over and over again, and they still do not open before you to the end. There is always a mystery, mystery, magic. And no matter how much you try to understand everything to the very end, you fail. No matter how much you try to leave it, you can't do it. These works of art are really great, it is worth going through a ton of shit to find them.
This was the first time I saw this series as a child. I was no more than 10 years old, I went to my grandmother’s village, and my aunt showed me this masterpiece. As I remember now, we would sit on an old sofa, run the disc, and watch the little king bird from morning to evening. Over time, this series became an obsession, and every day I spent in the village, I sat in front of the TV and tasted the beautiful faces of Turkish actors and some meanings, which I will talk about later. But now, the Internet has come along, and you don't have to wait for a visit to the countryside to return to this series.
I'm 19. I sit down and watch the show. What do I see?
Of course, I don’t see the series as being about love. It may be about love, but the series is not. It's about Ferida. About the most ordinary woman, endowed with neither wealth nor special talents and abilities. There's something that really sets her apart from all of us. Divine beauty.
This series is about being a woman in Turkey and in the world. What’s more, what’s life like for a beautiful woman in Turkey? Endless harassment, profanity behind his back and spreading rumors, refusals to work and condescending attitude - all this has to endure the beautiful Ferida.
Plot:
I haven’t seen any Turkish TV series, so it’s hard to judge the originality of the story. For me, the topic is specific, because I am not familiar with the culture of Islam and Turkey. It was interesting to see characters from a completely different reality.
There's something else to celebrate. Although the series is recognized as “soap”, this very soap in it quite a bit. The central love story hardly took more than an hour in the outline of the narrative. In addition, the director and screenwriter practically did not mock the viewer with tear-squeezing episodes. Sad fragments are not prolonged and are usually given at the end of the series, which facilitates the experience of the tender hearts of the beholders.
Heroes and actors:
1. Aidan Schener and Feride
I can't call her game perfect. In some episodes she reminded me very much of her performance of Vivien Leigh (Gone with the Wind, for example), and, as you know, she played somewhat theatrically. Same with Aidan. True, in the central and most important episodes, Schener and her Feride were simply flawless.
As for the heroine herself, she certainly evokes sympathy. A strong girl, according to the covenant of her father, who does not bow her head to anyone. She reminded me of Jen Eyre, the heroine of Charlotte Bronte's novel of the same name. Independent, not stopping to learn, knowing its own value, but not giving. This is what a person should be.
You just hear, ‘This is a man’s business! This is a man's business. Women should also have responsibilities in society.
I'm just a little ignorant bird-king.
2. Kenan Kalaw and Kamran
Kenan didn’t really have to play. Smile nicely, but it's important to straighten your shirt. He handled that perfectly, of course. A very beautiful actor.
As for Kamran himself... a disgusting type. Narcissistic, selfish, vain. I can't say he's evolving into the last series. Ah, and this scene by the sea is priceless, where he whines to his uncle about how unfairly life has treated him. It is worth noting that Feride never cried to anyone. Only if she was brought to revelation. What did Feride find in him? Except for beauty to match her. This question is open to me.
3. Secondary characters
Very bright. And Moses and his mother, Moses, and Aaron, and Moses, and Aaron. Everyone has something to learn.
Installation, operator work, makeup:
It's bad! Seriously, it's very bad! Compare with the same "Gone with the Wind" with the classic shooting. It's 1939! The King was released in 1986! Ridiculous transitions between frames, a billion-dollar repetition of the same episodes, a slideshow with photos?! Seriously?! The series could be cut at least twice.
The makeup is terrible, too. Especially - makeup Aidan Schener.
Inexact quote:
The teacher should not wear makeup.
- I'm not made up.
And at that moment you see the failed eyes, shadows to the forehead, powder and lipstick.
How some of the footage was filmed is also a big question. Flying camera, stereotypical approach to the face and so on.
Music:
Folk motifs, fascinating notes. And this sad melody that accompanies the credits - ah...
Morality, meanings:
They are, and that's enough. Everyone will find their own. And that's very important. Any super-modern technology recedes into the background when there are important threads and meanings.
I don't want to make an assessment. This series is timeless, beyond the estimates of mere mortals. In him is truth, suffering, seeking, gaining, faith and freedom to be human.
But still...
8 out of 10