Why did Turkish melodramas become so popular and occupy a whole niche? Director Dmitry Astrakhan: "They carefully watched "Slave Isaura" and did not make a condescending face. How are Turkish TV series so different from the Mexican ones? Only on location. And they have very beautiful actors, faces. If we take Moliere, Lupe de Vega, Ostrovsky, and put them all in a row, we will understand that all these dramas - in addition to the talent, the colors of the countries, the historical environment, the culture - at the heart of all these stories there is a kind of "soap operas". It's still a difficult plot, intrigue, all are done according to the rules of dramaturgy, which we have to learn."

Why did Turkish melodramas become so popular and occupy a whole niche? Director Dmitry Astrakhan: "They carefully watched "Slave Isaura" and did not make a condescending face. How are Turkish TV series so different from the Mexican ones? Only on location. And they have very beautiful actors, faces. If we take Moliere, Lupe de Vega, Ostrovsky, and put them all in a row, we will understand that all these dramas - in addition to the talent, the colors of the countries, the historical environment, the culture - at the heart of all these stories there is a kind of "soap operas". It's still a difficult plot, intrigue, all are done according to the rules of dramaturgy, which we have to learn."