Director: Berkun Oya
A grown man haunted by a strange, specific memory of once being an orange sets the tone for this offbeat Turkish family drama, which spends its runtime somewhere between comedy and quiet heartbreak.
What is A Round of Applause about?
A Round of Applause centers on a man who cannot shake the feeling that his best years, or perhaps his truest self, belonged to an earlier and stranger version of existence. As he drifts through the routines of adult life, the series pulls back to reveal his eccentric extended family across several decades, each member carrying private disappointments, old grudges, and small moments of tenderness that never get spoken aloud. The show moves fluidly between time periods, using its central character's existential unease as a thread that ties together generations of a household learning, imperfectly, how to hold onto each other.
Cast & crew
Aslihan Gurbuz and Fatih Artman anchor the ensemble as members of the sprawling family at the show's center, with Ulf Bjorlin and Michael Sifain rounding out a cast that moves between warmth and friction as decades of shared history come to the surface.
Context & significance
Created and directed by Berkun Oya, known in Turkey for character-driven dramas that blend dry humor with emotional weight, the series unfolds across a nonlinear timeline that jumps between eras of one family's life. Released in 2024, it built a strong critical following for its unusual tone, mixing surreal touches with grounded domestic drama rather than following a conventional single-storyline structure.
Where & how to watch
A Round of Applause is available with Persian subtitles on K-Time, where viewers can stream it after logging into a free account, in an interface built around Farsi-speaking audiences.