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You Can't Handcuff Hope (Umuda Kelepçe Vurulmaz)

You Can't Handcuff Hope (Umuda Kelepçe Vurulmaz) (translated)

TV Series · 2016–2017 · 21 people

Bi Yapım, the company of Burak Sağyaşar, made Umuda Kelepçe Vurulmaz ("Hope Cannot Be Handcuffed"), a Turkish drama and youth series. It premiered on FOX, now NOW, on November 3, 2016, and wrapped up in a single season with its 15th episode on February 9, 2017. Cemal Şan directed, from scripts by Yekta Torun, Duygu Tankaş and Hilal Yıldız. Mert Yazıcıoğlu, Melisa Şenolsun and Begüm Birgören lead the cast.

Seven young offenders from different cities have their lives turned around when they are offered the right to study. Thanks to a scheme set up for Onur (Burak Dakak), the son of a wealthy family, Fırat (Mert Yazıcıoğlu), Azad (Mustafa Elikoğlu), Kömür, Nazlı, Peri (Nazlı Bulum) and Narin (Gizem Ergün) join him in class, becoming students and inmates at once. Their class teacher İnci (Begüm Birgören) was born in prison, separated from her family very young and raised in an orphanage; the project lets her make peace with life again. Secrets from the past and an endless class conflict with the college kids leave them only hope for the future. Also in the cast are Melisa Şenolsun (Ceren), Turgay Aydın (Nizam) and Özlem Başkaya (Güler).

DirectorCemal Şan
Production companyBi Yapım
NetworkFOX
You Can't Handcuff Hope (Umuda Kelepçe Vurulmaz)

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Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humor and heart.

Umuda Kelepçe Vurulmaz follows convicted young people trying to change their lives through the right to study. Its message is a good one: hope never runs out for anyone, and education can change a person. But the heroes are young offenders, and the prison setting and class conflict may be too heavy for young children. Watching it with teenagers is a good chance to talk things over.

Series Binger A series devotee tracking character arcs, cast chemistry and season pacing.

The idea behind Umuda Kelepçe Vurulmaz is genuinely fresh: young inmates studying in the same classroom, side by side with college kids. The energy of Mert Yazıcıoğlu, Burak Dakak and the young cast, with every character from Fırat to Narin walking into class carrying their own past, builds a solid group dynamic from the first episodes. İnci, the teacher played by Begüm Birgören, having been born in prison adds emotional depth too. Sadly, the show ends after 15 episodes in a single season, and fifteen episodes don't seem nearly enough to deepen the stories of such a large cast.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Umuda Kelepçe Vurulmaz sets up an interesting premise that fuses youth drama with prison narrative: a scheme launched for a rich family's son brings young inmates into school. Because it places class conflict directly inside a single classroom, the setup is dramatically fertile. But the script seems to struggle to give its large ensemble equal depth; with seven young people's pasts, teacher İnci's own wound and the clash with the college kids all running at once, some storylines stay at the level of a template. The 'secrets from the past' motif is also an all-too-familiar device in Turkish television. The insistence of this Cemal Şan-directed production on bringing a social issue into a youth series deserves credit.

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