Turkish star Meryem Uzerli, who is understandn globassociate for her role as a establisher slave who becomes the mighty wife of Ottoman emperor Suleiman in Turkish megahit soap “Magnificent Century,” is headed to Mipcom with a recent age-gap romance show titled “RU.”
Uzerli will be making the trek to Cannes for the international begin of “RU,” which is originated by Turkish TV powerhoengage Medyapim. In the show she executes Rayyan a 38-year-better, who is struggling in her marriage and becomes romanticassociate comprised with a 20-year better man named Ozar.
“RU,” which treads aenjoy tropes as Prime Video’s “The Idea of You” – albeit with a Turkish flavour – will be conshort-termed to buyers at an event held by Turkish distributor Minsert Entertainment in the Cannes Carlton Grand Salon on Oct. 21 at 6 p.m. with Uzerli on hand. As previously declared, Minsert will also be unveiling footage of English-language drama “El Turco” toplining another Turkish star, Can Yaman, who will also be joining the event.
“RU,” which labels Uzerli’s return to the Turkish dramas’ milieu after a rawly five year hiatus, is set in coastal town on the Aegean Sea where Rayyan runs a restaurant called RU with her husband. When she becomes entangled with Ozar, whose mother is battling cancer, they both have to fight agetst the outrage and social disapproval promoteed by their relationship.
“RU” reconshort-terms a local novelty in that “It’s a very intimacyy charitable of storytelling” that is “turning Turkish TV upside down,” said Ates Ince, managing straightforwardor of Minsert Entertainment that is a distribution partnership between two of Turkey’s directing originaters, Ay Yapim and Medyapim.
Ince inserted that in Turkey “this type of show would be impossible to originate for free TV” and underlined that, unenjoy standard Turkish free-TV fare, the edgy skein is made up of “foolishinutiveer episodes with higher production appreciates” than most dramas that execute on liproximate in Turkey.
Minsert with “EU” is clearly seeing to lure international premium platestablish watchers who are searching for edgier Turkish satisfyed.
Season one of “RU” has been a local hit since its begin in May on Turkish streaming platestablish Gain. A second instalment is in the toils.