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Ablaze (Alev Alev)

Ablaze (Alev Alev) (translated)

TV Series · 2020–2021 · 15 people

A Turkish family drama with action elements, Alev Alev ("Bright Fire") was made by Ay Yapım for Show TV. The first episode aired on November 5, 2020, and the series ended with its 28th episode on May 27, 2021. Ahmet Katıksız directed, and the scripts are by Burcu Görgün Toptaş and Damla Serim. It is the Turkish version of the 2019 French miniseries Le Bazar de la Charité.

The story follows three women from very different worlds, played by Demet Evgar, Hazar Ergüçlü and Dilan Çiçek Deniz. Their paths cross, and each fights her own fight.

The show aired weekly in Turkey on Thursdays, with episodes averaging 120 minutes. For export, the sales company Madd Entertainment re-cut it into 45-minute episodes, turning 28 two-hour originals into 90 episodes. In Brazil, Angola and Mozambique it was shown as Chamas do Destino.

DirectorAhmet Katıksız
Production companyAy Yapım
NetworkShow TV

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Demet Evgar Demet Evgar Actor · 46 years old Cemre Dilan Çiçek Deniz Dilan Çiçek Deniz Actor · 31 years old Rüya Hazar Ergüçlü Hazar Ergüçlü Actor · born 1992 Çiçek Cem Bender Berkay Ateş Berkay Ateş Actor · 39 years old Cihangir Ceyhan Cihangir Ceyhan Actor · 37 years old Ömer Berker Güven Berker Güven Actor · 32 years old İskender Zuhal Olcay Zuhal Olcay Actor · 69 years old Tomris Toprak Can Adıgüzel Fatih Çetintaş Ali Bahadır Bahar Ergün Metin Nurhan Özenen Veda Yurtsever Veda Yurtsever Actor · 57 years old Hanım Sekvan Serinkaya

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

Alev Alev's strongest card is the way three women from very different worlds cross paths. Giving each of them her own fight keeps the story from leaning on a single character and holds a balance across the episodes. But two-hour episodes inevitably sag in the middle stretches of a drama like this; filling that much time every week is hard. That it ended at 28 episodes works in the story's favor, in my view: it never became one of those shows that wear themselves out by running too long.

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

Alev Alev is the Turkish version of the French miniseries Le Bazar de la Charité, and the conversion itself is an interesting case. Once a short, dense miniseries format moves into Turkish television's weekly two-hour slot, the narrative has to expand, which at times gives a sense of padding. The clearest sign is the export re-cut: 28 episodes become 90 of 45 minutes each, a shape that, to my mind, promises tighter rhythm. The production tries to add touches of action to a family drama, but its center of gravity stays in melodrama. That is the real question about this adaptation: was the source's density sacrificed to running time?

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

At the heart of the series are three women from different social worlds, each looking for her own way after a shared disaster. The setup offers fertile ground for showing how the same fire can have very different consequences for people of different classes. Its themes of seeking justice, carrying on and finding oneself connect to the story of solidarity among women that Turkish series return to often. Adapting a French story for Turkish viewers also shows how easily these themes travel between cultures. The show's journey to Brazil, Angola and Mozambique confirms it: women fighting for their own lives is a language understood across a wide map.

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