My Sweet Lie
Nejat, a successful advertising executive, lives happily with his daughter Kayra. His wife walked out on them when Kayra was a baby and Nejat, not able to share the truth about Kayras mom’s disappearance, created an elaborate story about her mom being away but returning one day on Kayras birthday. Nejat even went as far as to send letters and cards posing as Kayras mom, unsure how to reveal the truth to his daughter. One day, while scouting locations for a commercial, he finds a cake shop run by Suna, who initially mistakes him for a property speculator and shoos him away. When she learns his true intentions, she feels remorseful and decides to bake a cake for Nejat. She takes it to his home, arriving during Kayra’s birthday party. Kayra mistakenly believes Suna to be her mother, and Nejat, unable to disappoint her, goes along with it, worsening the lies, digging himself into a deeper hole.
Genres
Turkish Drama, Scripted Format, Comedy, Comedy, Comedy, Romance, Drama
Duration
95 x 45 min
Original Language
Turkish
Produced By
O3 Medya
Broadcaster
Star TV (Turkey)
Available As
Format & Readymade
Cast
Furkan Palali, Asli Bekiroglu, Lavinya Ünlüer
Director
Baris Ercetin,Cihan Vural
Producer
Saner Ayar,Onur Güvenatam
Production Year
2019
Original Title
Benim Tatlı Yalanım
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9th Apr, 2024
Greece’s Open TV launch My Sweet Lie remake
Open TV in Greece has launched “Like a Lie” (Σαν ψέμα), a brand new romantic comedy drama based on the Turkish format “My Sweet Lie”. The series which is airing in the early evening prime access slot, opened strongly, becoming the second-most watched program on Open TV on Monday.
Produced in 2019 by O3 Medya for Star TV, My Sweet Lie was an immediate hit and became the top performing drama series of the summer in Turkey that year.
Open TV is the second international broadcaster to commission a remake following the successful Slovakian adaptation for Markiza, "Mom for Rent” (Mama na prenájom), a second season of which is currently airing. The Slovak version was named among CeeTV’s CEE Breakout Hits of the Year in 2023.
“This is a unique and brilliant format, with a warm family story at its heart that lends itself perfectly to local adaptation. The original was a huge phenomenon and the Slovakian version has been a returning favourite for the past 18 months, so we can’t wait to see what the future holds for this latest version from our friends in Greece,” says Handan Özkubat, Director of Turkish Drama at Eccho Rights.
"Like a Lie" stars Nikos Polyderopoulos (The Tattoo) as Peter, a single father who after being abandoned by his wife, maintains a lie to his daughter that her mother is away traveling, but will one day return. When Zoe, played by Katerina Geronikolou (And Yet I'm Still Here), makes an unexpected entrance into their lives, little Alice thinks that she must be her mother - and Peter doesn’t have the heart to tell her the truth, opening the door to a whole new world of lies…
23rd Sep, 2019
New drama hit - My Sweet Lie
Eccho Rights have agreed a deal with the production company O3 Medya to represent their hit drama series My Sweet Lie (Benim Tatlı Yalanım) internationally and launching the title this fall.
The series, which has aired throughout the summer on Star TV Turkey to top ratings, stars Furkan Palali (Room Number: 309) and Asli Bekiroglu (Jet Sosyete) as the main stars with a stellar performance by young actress Lavinya Ünlüer as the girl at the center of the story, who previously won over audiences as Mila in hit show Stiletto Vendetta.
“We are very excited to work with O3 Medya for the first time and to represent this touching drama that speaks to one of the most universal themes there is, parenthood,” says Fredrik af Malmborg, Managing Director at Eccho Rights.
Established in partnership with Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC), the biggest media group of the Middle East and North Africa region, O3 Medya has produced some of the most impactful Turkish dramas like Wounded Love, A Part of Me and the International Emmy nominated Evermore. Furthermore, O3 Medya is behind the first Turkish Netflix Original, The Protector.