I really enjoyed the lead actress Cemre Baysel in Senden Daha Güzel (TV Series 2022), that I sought out another series that she is in and found this one. I was not sorry either, Cemre was wonderful as Ada in this Turkish Romantic Comedy.
The story is about Ada who kindheartedly agrees to marry an Albanian immigrant named Rüzgar, who she meets while attending college, in order to help him gain Turkish Citizenship. Even though their marriage has been in name only (they live together but have different bedroos), Ada thinks she is in love with Rüzgar and when she sees him with an engagement ring thinks she is on the verge of a true marriage and happy life with her first love. You see Ada comes from a long line of superstitious women who believe that if they do not marry their first love, they are doomed to a tragic life of unhappiness. (One of the funnier moments is the sharing of the family photo album/scrapbook that depicts the long history of their unhappy lives and tragic events.) Ada's parents have both passed away and she was raised by two aunts...one who is living a tragic live because she didn't marry her first love and the eldest who in a marriage of opposites married a short man who loves her but with whom she initially didn't love (she is super tall...so they are visually quite comical together).
Ada being the kind hearted soul that she is...also pursuing her first love, drops out of school to work 2-3 jobs in order to help out Rüzgar who becomes a photographer at an on line newspaper (she helps him finish school, buys his camera, etc.). Rüzgar is ultimately kind of a selfish character and when Ada catches him kissing one of his coworkers...she decides to take a job at his place of work, which she has to lie saying she completed her college education, in order to get her fake husband/first love back. There she meets the boss, Bora.
This is one of those romantic comedies were our romantic lead ends up getting embroiled in all of these lies that snowball out of control.
The chemistry between the two leads is great and there story is quite good. Tugçe is a wonderful quasi villain. The Rüzgar character was really interesting and almost a secondary villain himself.
One complaint I had was that Bora's response to uncovering the lie was particularly harsh and then his method of punishment was more like degradation and that is really hard to come back from romantically. Sometimes too much is just that...too much, I am not sure I would have come back from that.
Overall this was a good solid romantic comedy on the shorter side at 17 episodes, that I would recommend to romantics out there. I particularly liked the interaction between Ada's family and Bora's family. Orphaned Elif really stole the show!
The story is about Ada who kindheartedly agrees to marry an Albanian immigrant named Rüzgar, who she meets while attending college, in order to help him gain Turkish Citizenship. Even though their marriage has been in name only (they live together but have different bedroos), Ada thinks she is in love with Rüzgar and when she sees him with an engagement ring thinks she is on the verge of a true marriage and happy life with her first love. You see Ada comes from a long line of superstitious women who believe that if they do not marry their first love, they are doomed to a tragic life of unhappiness. (One of the funnier moments is the sharing of the family photo album/scrapbook that depicts the long history of their unhappy lives and tragic events.) Ada's parents have both passed away and she was raised by two aunts...one who is living a tragic live because she didn't marry her first love and the eldest who in a marriage of opposites married a short man who loves her but with whom she initially didn't love (she is super tall...so they are visually quite comical together).
Ada being the kind hearted soul that she is...also pursuing her first love, drops out of school to work 2-3 jobs in order to help out Rüzgar who becomes a photographer at an on line newspaper (she helps him finish school, buys his camera, etc.). Rüzgar is ultimately kind of a selfish character and when Ada catches him kissing one of his coworkers...she decides to take a job at his place of work, which she has to lie saying she completed her college education, in order to get her fake husband/first love back. There she meets the boss, Bora.
This is one of those romantic comedies were our romantic lead ends up getting embroiled in all of these lies that snowball out of control.
The chemistry between the two leads is great and there story is quite good. Tugçe is a wonderful quasi villain. The Rüzgar character was really interesting and almost a secondary villain himself.
One complaint I had was that Bora's response to uncovering the lie was particularly harsh and then his method of punishment was more like degradation and that is really hard to come back from romantically. Sometimes too much is just that...too much, I am not sure I would have come back from that.
Overall this was a good solid romantic comedy on the shorter side at 17 episodes, that I would recommend to romantics out there. I particularly liked the interaction between Ada's family and Bora's family. Orphaned Elif really stole the show!