Kismet: How Turkish Soap Operas Changed the World

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Kismet: How Turkish Soap Operas Changed the World
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Kismet: I zoi san tourkiki sapounopera
Directed byNina Maria Pashalidou
Written byNina Maria Pashalidou
Produced byAna Alexieva, Rea Apostolides, Yuri Averov, Hilal Bakkaloglu, Martichka Bozhilova, Martina Bozhilova, Sinisa Juricic, Nina Maria Pashalidou, Eva Sayre
StarringHalit Ergenç, Bergüzar Korel, Meltem Miraloglu, Beren Saat, Meryem Uzerli, Songül Öden
CinematographyMichalis Aristomenopoulos
Edited byThodoris Armaos
Music byMichalis Moschoutis, Spyros Moschoutis
Production
companies
Agitprop, Al-Jazeera
Distributed byCineDoc, Films Transit International, Women Make Movies
Release date
  • 27 March 2014 (2014-03-27)
Running time
58 minutes
CountriesGreece, Qatar, France, Croatia, Bulgaria, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, Serbia, Canada, Finland, Singapore, Cyprus, Hungary
LanguagesTurkish, Greek, English, Bulgarian, Arabic
Budget€227,500 [1]

Kismet: How Turkish Soap Operas Changed the World is a 2014 documentary film written and directed by Nina Maria Pashalidou about Turkish television drama series, commonly referred to as Turkish soap operas. It is Pashalidou's second feature documentary.

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Synopsis

The film examines the effects that the soap operas have had on the lives of their female viewers from various regions, including the Balkans, the Middle East, and North Africa. [2] The film uses interviews of women who view the soap operas, as well as those who act, produce, and write the television shows. [3] The first Turkish soap opera that was aired internationally was Gümüş (also known as Noor in Arab nations) and was met with high viewership mostly due its popularity with women. [4] Paschalidou depicts the television shows as acting not only as female fantasy represented on screen, but also as a vehicle for societal change. [2]

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