A new Turkish series is about to drop on Netflix, and Who Were We Running From? has already been gaining some online traction for its extremely well-teased storyline. Based on the 2007 novel by Perihan Madenb, this show is directed by Umut Aral and Gökçen Usta. This show is about the mother-daughter duo that lives a pretty strange life treating everyone as a threat while living in hotels and enjoying a lavish lifestyle. However, that isn’t enough for the daughter, who is just starting to understand what this life entails for her.
Who Were We Running From? Cast
This mysterious series is also called Biz Kimden Kaçiyorduk Anne? and stars Melisa Sözen, Eylül Tumbar, Musa Uzunlar, Birand Tunca, Jessica Rookeward, Isik Naz Özedgü, Basak Dasman, Hakan Emre Unal, Devrim Kabacaoglu, Alper Çankaya and Meriç Rakalar, alongside other cast members. Cengiz Deveci and Irfan Sahin join as producers, while Burak Kanbir and Gözde Koyuncu join the crew as cinematographers.
Who Were We Running From Plot/Synopsis
The show follows these two women who are mother and daughter, making their way across different hotel rooms and staying there every night instead of staying at home. The trailer starts off by showing us the daughter making sense of what her mother is doing in the hotel. She explains how her mother uses the analogy that homes are just like prisons but smaller, like they would be trapped if they were to live in a house like normal people do.
In the next shot, we see the duo walking down an extremely luxurious hallway, making their way to the room surrounded by bellhops and room service workers escorting them. She adds that they don’t have a physical home per se because they have a home with each other. The daughter explains that one day she will be set free by her mother. She wholeheartedly believes in her mother, but the visuals show that maybe this trust is crumbling, and things are getting tense between the two people in the house.
The mother has started to exhibit some dangerous tendencies and is even skilled at using sharp objects and weapons. It seems that even though the mother may set her daughter free, the youngin doesn’t seem to want to go anywhere. There are many questions the daughter cannot ask, and there are many things she cannot say out into the wild. We are shown different visuals ranging from an abruptly ending party to the mother smoking a cigarette and, finally, the daughter removing her wig to reveal something similar underneath.
She finally explains that they are running from someone, and all of these are just attempts to escape from something dangerous that might happen to them. We see the duo actually running from something and trying to find their way out of a sticky situation. The different visual montages do nothing but increase curiosity for what the duo is running from and whether the threat is even real or something made up in order to exert control over her child.
We finally hear the voice of the mother giving the daughter some well-meaning advice about the people in the world and how they perceive weakness, especially when it comes to women who are just trying to make it in life. The mother seems to be a mysterious figure that is exuding some sinister energy, like she could keep her daughter next to her and would lie, scream, shout and do anything to keep it that way.
Who Were We Running From? Release Date and Trailer
Who Were We Running From? will be streaming on Netflix from March 24, 2023. What kind of reveal would you be excited to see in this show? Let us know in the comments below.
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