Leyla ile Mecnun
| Leyla ile Mecnun | |
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| Written by | Burak Aksak |
| Directed by |
Onur Ünlü Murat Onbul |
| Starring |
Ali Atay Melis Birkan Serkan Keskin Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan Cengiz Bozkurt Osman Sonant Köksal Engür Ege Tanman İştar Gökseven |
| Theme music composer | Mehmet Erdem Alper Atakan |
| Country of origin | Turkey |
| Original language(s) | Turkish |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 104 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Orkun Ünlü Funda Alp |
| Location(s) |
Istanbul Ankara (Episode 13) |
| Cinematography |
Serdar Ünlütürk Eyüp Boz (Season 1-2) |
| Editor(s) | Murat Bör |
| Running time | 80 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network |
TRT 1 TRT HD |
| Picture format |
576i (SDTV 16:9) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereophonic sound |
| Original release | February 9, 2011 – June 17, 2013 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Leyla ile Mecnun (Leyla and Mecnun) is a Turkish television comedy series. The series, set in Istanbul and directed by Onur Ünlü, premiered in 2011 on TRT. It is a surreal, absurdist comedy revolving around the poetic love story of Layla and Majnun.
Leyla and Mecnun were born in the same hospital and shared the same crib because of a shortage—hence the series' catchphrase, "They found each other from the beginning". They were named for the legendary lovers Leyla and Mecnun. Mecnun, a confused 25-year-old from a middle-class family, lives in an historic Istanbul neighborhood. Mecnun falls in love with Leyla at first sight, and becomes obsessed with her. Leyla, from an upper-class family, leads a different life than others in the neighborhood. She enjoys the time she spends with Mecnun, since life is more interesting with him.
Other notable characters in the series are Dede, Iskender, Ismail, Erdal, Yavuz, and Arda. Dede, a character in Turkish folktales, appears in dreams to provide direction and foreknowledge. A surrealistic element of the show, Dede appears in one of Mecnun's dreams; when Mecnun wakes up, he sees Dede standing by his bed. Afterwards, he lives with Mecnun to help him with Leyla.
Iskender, Mecnun's father, drives an unreliable taxi and is devoted to his family. To make his son happy, he asks Leyla's father for permission for Leyla and Mecnun to marry despite repeated refusals.
Ismail, Mecnun's closest friend, is a colorful character who is loyal and pure at heart. It is learned in one episode that Ismail and his father were abandoned by his mother because her life was not colorful enough. Ismail takes this literally, and dresses accordingly. He was adopted by another family when his father became terminally ill. His father told Ismail that he was leaving to work as a seaman and would return someday, waving from the ship; since then, Ismail has been waving to passing ships from the shore. Nothing is known about Ismail's personal life or where he lives. He frequently changes jobs, failing at (or disliking) each one. Ismail is interested in genealogy, and famous people from the past (such as Beethoven, Picasso and Dostoyevsky) appear in a flashback during each episode.
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