TV series

Seyyar

2021 · 1 season

A warm, bittersweet slice of Istanbul street life that slowly tightens into a tense struggle for a hard-won dream.

Overview: Yasin Gencer is a peddler selling chickpeas between Taksim and Tepebasi. He lives with his beloved Çigdem, on the edge of opening the restaurant they have planned for a long time, and is at the very end of marketing his pilaf, which everyone loves with his special recipe from his grandfather, to a wider audience and to meet their dreams.
How it feels: Warm, earnest, melancholic and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Ambition, family, class, love
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: ambition
family
class
love
survival
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild