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War of the Roses (Güllerin Savaşı)

War of the Roses (Güllerin Savaşı) (translated)

TV Series · 2014–2016 · 15 people

Kanal D showed Güllerin Savaşı (War of the Roses), a Turkish series with drama, family and romance at its core. Produced by Medyapım, it began on July 8, 2014, and ended after two seasons with its 68th episode on February 6, 2016. Episodes ran about 104 minutes, close to feature-film length. Damla Sönmez, Canan Ergüder and Barış Kılıç share the leading roles.

Damla Sönmez plays Gülru, who looks up to Gülfem Sipahi, played by Canan Ergüder, and tries to be like her. She is soon swept into a hard life of revenge and intrigue. Ömer Hekimoğlu, who has been working abroad, comes back to Turkey in low spirits and finds he cannot leave again. Gülfem is his former love, but he takes an interest in Gülru, the household servant. Gülfem's brother Cihan, who was traumatised as a child when his sister tried to strangle him, is in love with Gülru too.

Emre Kabakuşak directed, from scripts by Melis Civelek and Sırma Yanık. The series was sold abroad.

DirectorEmre Kabakuşak
Production companyMedyapım
NetworkKanal D

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Cast

Arif Pişkin Arif Pişkin Actor · 55 years old Aslı İçözü Aslı İçözü Actor · 62 years old Atilla Şendil Atilla Şendil Actor · 63 years old Salih Çelik Barış Kılıç Barış Kılıç Actor · 48 years old Berk Yaygın Berk Yaygın Actor · 43 years old Canan Ergüder Canan Ergüder Actor · 49 years old Gülfem Sipahi Damla Sönmez Damla Sönmez Actor · 39 years old Gülru Çelik / Gülru Sipahi Makbule Meyzinoğlu Makbule Meyzinoğlu Actor · 52 years old Meltem Pamirtan Kasap Meltem Pamirtan Kasap Actor · 49 years old Münire Apaydın Münire Apaydın Actor · 47 years old Sercan Badur Sercan Badur Actor · 36 years old Cihan Sipahi Uğur Kurul Uğur Kurul Actor · 35 years old Yiğit Kirazcı Yiğit Kirazcı Actor · 43 years old Zeynep Köse Zeynep Köse Actor · 41 years old İbrahim Selim İbrahim Selim Actor · 47 years old

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

The real strength of War of the Roses is the strange admiration between Damla Sönmez's Gülru and Canan Ergüder's Gülfem. A young woman who models herself on someone else and gets pulled into their intrigues is the engine that carries the show through two seasons, and the love quadrangle that forms when both Ömer and Cihan fall for her keeps things lively. To be honest, though, episodes of around 104 minutes can't hold the same intensity every week; some nights the revenge plots seem to mark time. Getting through all 68 episodes takes patience, but once you're attached to the characters it's hard to stop.

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

This Medyapım series for Kanal D builds its servant-girl-and-wealthy-family story out of familiar melodrama parts: admiration, jealousy, revenge. Emre Kabakuşak's direction is clean and the performances are solid, and the mirror relationship between Gülru and Gülfem is the most interesting idea in Melis Civelek and Sırma Yanık's scripts. The trouble is the roughly 104-minute episode length, which keeps inflating the storytelling. Scenes are held longer than they need to be, and the intrigues seem multiplied to fill airtime rather than for any dramatic reason. There is dark material to work with, such as Cihan's childhood trauma, but that depth mostly stays on the surface. Sales stretching from Serbia to Brazil show the formula works; in terms of screen craft, though, the result is safe repetition rather than ambition.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humor and heart.

War of the Roses looks like a love-and-family drama, but it carries heavy themes. There is a dark past in which a sister tried to strangle her little brother as a child, plus endless revenge and scheming. It isn't suitable for young children. For teenagers and adults it can be a gripping evening series. The episodes are very long, so keep bedtime in mind.

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