Life Goes On (Hayat Devam Ediyor)

Life Goes On (Hayat Devam Ediyor) (translated)

TV Series · 2011–2013 · 31 people

Hayat Devam Ediyor is a drama series from Boyut Film. Mahsun Kırmızıgül wrote the story and directed it. It aired on atv in 2011-2013, ran for two seasons and ended with its 46th episode. The first season belongs to the 2011-2012 broadcast year and the second to 2012-2013.

Fikret Kuşkan and Arif Erkin Güzelbeyoğlu head the cast, along with Meltem Miraloğlu and Şenay Gürler; Onur Tuna, Neslihan Atagül, Ali Barkın, Sera Tokdemir, Serkan Şenalp, Rana Cabbar, Çağla Şimşek and Rozet Hubeş also act in it.

The series won several awards. The International Food Quality Summit gave it its best series of the year award. At the 3rd Antalya Television Awards it was chosen best drama series; Yıldız Hülya Bilban took the best director award in drama, and the social responsibility award went to Kırmızıgül, collected on his behalf by Onur Tuna. Tuna also won best breakthrough actor of the year, for his work in this series, at the Fen Bilimleri Okulları Year's Achievement Awards 2012.

DirectorMahsun Kırmızıgül

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Also in the cast: Rozet Hubeş

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Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

The most distinctive thing about Hayat Devam Ediyor is that it comes from one hand: Mahsun Kırmızıgül wrote the story and sits in the director's chair. That can give a series a unified voice, but it also invites an unchecked taste for melodrama. The award list is a mixed bag; a food-quality summit naming it best series of the year is hardly an artistic yardstick, while best drama at the Antalya awards counts for more. Ambitious in craft, but a production that still has to prove itself.

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

Having won a social responsibility award and carrying Kırmızıgül's signature, the series is mentioned among dramas that care about a social message. Productions like this make problems visible but risk becoming didactic; when the balance slips they sound like they are lecturing the audience. How well it kept that balance over two seasons and 46 episodes is for each viewer to judge. Still, a name worth noting for anyone looking for social awareness on television.

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

A large cast headed by Fikret Kuşkan, with many familiar names from Neslihan Atagül to Ali Barkın: the show's strength is this many-layered ensemble. Onur Tuna being named best breakthrough male actor suggests the cast also drew on new faces. The weak point is that it ended after two seasons and 46 episodes; giving that many characters enough time is hard. Fun for fans of big casts, but some characters inevitably get left behind.

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