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That Life Is Mine (O Hayat Benim)

That Life Is Mine (O Hayat Benim) (translated)

TV Series · 2014–2017 · 37 people

Produced by Pastel Film, the Turkish romance-drama series O Hayat Benim (That Life Is Mine) began on FOX on February 16, 2014 and closed on May 2, 2017 after four seasons and 131 episodes. Its heroine is Bahar: her grandfather takes her from her mother Hasret's arms at birth and has her raised among his household staff, and only years later does he reveal her existence to her wealthy birth father, Mehmet. When he comes to claim his daughter, her poor and envious adoptive mother, Nuran, hides the truth and sends her own biological daughter, Efsun, in Bahar's place, a deception that eventually unravels and upends the lives of everyone connected to Mehmet's household.

Direction was shared over the show's run by Merve Girgin (through episode 9), Yıldız Hülya Bilban (from episode 10), and later Hamdi Alkan and Sadullah Şentürk. The leading roles were played by Ezgi Asaroğlu as Bahar, Keremcem as Ateş, and Ceren Moray as Efsun, with a large supporting cast including Ayşenaz Atakol (Nuran), Serkan Şenalp (Cemal), Ahu Sungur (Hülya), Ayçin İnci (Zuhal), Beril Kayar (Zeynep), Makbule Meyzinoğlu (Figen), Ozan Güler (Arda), and Güzide Arslan (Seçil). The series also found audiences abroad.

DirectorMerve Girgin, Yıldız Hülya Bilban, Hamdi Alkan, Sadullah Şentürk
Production companyPastel Film
NetworkFOX Türk

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Ahu Sungur Ahu Sungur Actor · 45 years old Hülya Aybüke Pusat Aybüke Pusat Actor · 31 years old Ayçin İnci Ayçin İnci Actor · 46 years old Zuhal Ayşenaz Atakol Actor · 16 years old Nuran Bahar Şahin Bahar Şahin Actor · 29 years old Müge Beril Kayar Beril Kayar Actor · 38 years old Zeynep Birgül Ulusoy Birgül Ulusoy Actor · born 1972 Ceren Moray Ceren Moray Actor · 41 years old Efsun Deniz Celiloğlu Deniz Celiloğlu Actor · 40 years old Didem İnselel Didem İnselel Actor · 50 years old Fulya Atahan Ece İrtem Ece İrtem Actor · died at 35 Ecem Baltacı Ecem Baltacı Actor · 32 years old Ezgi Asaroğlu Ezgi Asaroğlu Actor · 39 years old Bahar Güzide Arslan Güzide Arslan Actor · 34 years old Seçil Hira Koyuncuoğlu Hira Koyuncuoğlu Actor · 31 years old Makbule Meyzinoğlu Makbule Meyzinoğlu Actor · 52 years old Figen Nurşim Demir Nurşim Demir Actor · 74 years old Ozan Güler Ozan Güler Actor · 35 years old Arda Sema Öztürk Sema Öztürk Actor · 49 years old Serkan Şenalp Serkan Şenalp Actor · 41 years old Cemal Sinan Albayrak Sinan Albayrak Actor · 53 years old Mehmet Emir Atahan Turgay Aydın Turgay Aydın Actor · born 1971 Umur Yiğit Vanlı Umur Yiğit Vanlı Actor · 37 years old Yeşim Ceren Bozoğlu Yeşim Ceren Bozoğlu Actor · 52 years old Nuran Çağla Özavcı Çağla Özavcı Actor · 35 years old Selen Seyven Selen Seyven Actor · 40 years old Keremcem Keremcem Singer · 48 years old Ateş Zerrin Sümer Actor · born 1945 Ganimet Oya Başar Oya Başar Actor · 70 years old Sultan Muhammed Cangören Muhammed Cangören Actor · 75 years old Affan Ceyda Ateş Ceyda Ateş Actor · 38 years old Cemre Erdal Cindoruk Erdal Cindoruk Actor · 61 years old Salih Zeynep Eronat Zeynep Eronat Actor · 63 years old Mücella Ayla Algan Ayla Algan Actor · died at 86 Ayten Cahit Gök Cahit Gök Actor · 45 years old Volkan Yusuf Akgün Yusuf Akgün Actor · 42 years old Gülşen Tuncer Film actor · 81 years old Semra

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AI-assisted editorial takes written from different viewer perspectives. They are not reader reviews; those are below.

Yeşilçam Nostalgic A viewer raised on the classics, looking for warm storytelling and strong acting.

A girl taken from her mother at birth, a wealthy father's mansion, children swapped through a lie: this is the series version of the lost-child melodrama that Yeşilçam loved. Ezgi Asaroğlu plays Bahar. In stories like this tears are plentiful and logic comes second, yet my heart still leans toward feeling. My reservation is that the lie and the jealousy run on for far too long across 131 episodes; the classics delivered their moral lesson in much less time. Viewers with a soft spot for lost-child melodramas will put up with the stretching for the warmth in Bahar's story.

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

A child raised among servants and a rich father's mansion: the series sets up class difference head-on. The lie of the poor and jealous Nuran can also be read as a product of the tension between poverty and wealth. Family ties, blood ties and fortune are all argued over together. That it was shown in Serbia, Romania and elsewhere in Arabic dubbing suggests these themes travel widely. Still, the exaggerated plotting of melodrama leans on emotion more than on social reality, which is worth keeping in mind. The hierarchy inside the mansion is striking for showing how class is lived within a family.

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

Four directors taking over in turn (Merve Girgin, Yıldız Hülya Bilban, Hamdi Alkan, Sadullah Şentürk) is an interesting test of visual and narrative consistency. The story rests on the swapped-child motif, an old melodramatic device that is convincing only if handled with skill. The large cast can give the characters some weight. This kind of plotting runs a high risk of leaning on coincidence and repetition, and across 131 episodes the pull toward filler scenes may show. A cast that includes names like Ayşenaz Atakol and Ceren Moray offers the acting resources to keep an exaggeration-prone plot on its feet; its credibility depends largely on that acting.

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