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If I Were a Cloud (Bir Bulut Olsam)

If I Were a Cloud (Bir Bulut Olsam) (translated)

TV Series · 2009 · 19 people

The Turkish drama Bir Bulut Olsam (If I Were a Cloud) began on Kanal D on February 23, 2009, and ended the same year. Tims Productions made it, with Timur Savcı as producer. Ulaş İnaç directed and Meral Okay wrote it. It is set against landmines drifting into border villages near Mardin on the Syrian frontier, which cost many lives. Its title comes from the character Narin Bulut, who tells all her troubles to the clouds and to God.

The story takes place in Güzelyurt, a calm border village, in its grandest mansion. Mayor Aslan Bulut Ünal and his family live by their own order, while Narin, a fragile young woman crushed by Mustafa's sick love, resigns herself to fate and prays to the clouds. The order changes when Dr. Serdar Batur, who spent years in UN health programs in the world's hot spots, arrives in the mined village. Serdar and his mother learn of Narin's torment and try to save her, but Mustafa will not release the girl he loves with his sick passion. Melisa Sözen plays Narin, with Engin Akyürek and Engin Altan Düzyatan.

It ran two seasons: the first ended with episode 13 on May 25, 2009, the second began on September 1 and closed with episode 29.

DirectorUlaş İnaç
Production companyTims Productions
NetworkKanal D
If I Were a Cloud (Bir Bulut Olsam)

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Ahmet Kural Ahmet Kural Actor · 44 years old Aslıhan Gürbüz Aslıhan Gürbüz Actor · 43 years old Cahit Gök Cahit Gök Actor · 45 years old Yaşar Bulut Engin Akyürek Engin Akyürek Actor · 45 years old Mustafa Bulut Engin Altan Düzyatan Engin Altan Düzyatan Actor · 47 years old Dr. Serdar Batur Feyza Işık Feyza Işık Actor · 50 years old Haluk Cömert Haluk Cömert Actor · 67 years old Lebip Gökhan Lebip Gökhan Actor · 47 years old Sacide Taşaner Sacide Taşaner Actor · 66 years old Selim Bayraktar Selim Bayraktar Actor · 51 years old Mahmut Pasha Sema Keçik Sema Keçik Actor · 61 years old Düriye Bulut Tansu Taşanlar Ahmet Tansu Taşanlar Actor · 42 years old Ünal Silver Ünal Silver Actor · died at 75 Aslan Bulut Şükran Ovalı Şükran Ovalı Actor · 41 years old Melisa Sözen Melisa Sözen Actor · 41 years old Narin Bulut Şinasi Yurtsever Şinasi Yurtsever Actor · died at 51 Ali Asker Meral Okay Meral Okay Screenwriter · died at 52 İnci Batur Hülya Duyar Hülya Duyar Film actor · 56 years old Fatma Bulut Murat Cemcir Murat Cemcir Actor · 49 years old

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History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

Bir Bulut Olsam builds its love story on a real wound of the border villages near Mardin, on the Syrian frontier: landmines drifting into village land and the lives they cost. The grand mansion in Güzelyurt, run by Mayor Aslan Bulut Ünal and his family by rules of their own making, reads like a small seat of power. That Narin has no outlet except telling her troubles to the clouds and to God says a great deal about a world where a woman's voice is pushed down. The doctor who arrives from outside holds up a mirror to that order. Written by Meral Okay, the series asks thought-provoking questions about the region's social fabric from within the melodrama mold.

Series Binger A series devotee tracking character arcs, cast chemistry and season pacing.

Engin Akyürek, Engin Altan Düzyatan, Aslıhan Gürbüz... seen from today, finding this cast in a single series is a pleasant surprise. Melisa Sözen as Narin is the show's heart, and her fragility sets the tone of the whole story. Things pick up once Dr. Serdar arrives in the village, and Mustafa's obsession keeps the tension alive. To be honest, though, across 29 episodes there are stretches where the same cycle of suffering seems to repeat. Still, it wraps up in two seasons without being dragged out.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humor and heart.

This is a heavy drama. Landmines, loss and the oppression of a young woman sit at the center of the story. Mustafa's sick love can turn into scenes that are hard to watch. I would not recommend it with young children. For teenagers and adults, it is an emotional story about kindness, courage and helping one another. Keep the tissues close.

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