TV series

Kayıp Şehir

2012–2013 · 1 season

A slow, heavy plunge into Istanbul's margins, where poverty and prejudice grind people down but family ties still hold.

Overview: What is happening in Istanbul's back streets? Which lives are flowing, in the shadow of poverty? Women, gypsies, transvestites, street children each are victims of another discrimination. A typical Black Sea family connected to each other will meet with people who are trying to cling to the loneliness of life in this neighborhood where they will be forced to survive after their migration to Istanbul.
How it feels: Melancholic, bleak, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, family, class, survival
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
family
class
survival
identity
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild