TV series

Kara Ekmek

2015 · 2 seasons

A slow, heavy domestic drama that wallows in hardship and betrayal, testing your patience with its relentless misery.

Overview: Asiye is young and beautiful girl who works as a manicurist in a small beauty salon. She lives in a poor neighborhood with her family and wants to get married as soon as possible in order to get rid of her step mothers evil tongue. When she learns that she is pregnant, she immediately talks to her boyfriend and wants him to come and ask her family's approval for marriage. However, her boyfriend wants her to have an abortion and mentions clearly that he has no intention for marriage.
How it feels: Melancholic, dark, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, betrayal, class, parenthood
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 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: family
betrayal
class
parenthood
survival
Places: big city
home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild