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Shattered (Paramparça)

Shattered (Paramparça) (translated)

TV Series · 2014–2017 · 36 people

Star TV aired the Turkish family drama Paramparça from December 1, 2014 to March 27, 2017. Produced by Endemol Shine Turkey, it opens with a nurse who mixes up two newborn girls because their surnames are alike: the rich family ends up with the poor family's daughter, and the poor family with the rich family's. Across three seasons and 97 episodes, each installment ran roughly two hours.

Fifteen years later the truth comes out and upends the lives of both households and of the girls themselves. Nurgül Yeşilçay and Erkan Petekkaya anchor the cast, and Yeşilçay appears in the first 52 episodes. Ebru Özkan (Dilara), Barış Falay (Harun), Civan Canova (Rahmi), Nursel Köse (Keriman), Tolga Tekin (Özkan), Burak Tozkoparan, Alina Boz (Hazal) and Leyla Tanlar (Cansu) make up the other principal names, with Sarp Akkaya (Demir) and Sinem Öztürk (Selma) among the supporting players.

Yıldız Tunç and Derem Çıray wrote the screenplay and Cevdet Mercan directed. The series traveled abroad too: Romania's Kanal D launched it on October 5, 2015 as Furtuna pe Bosfor, and in Serbia it ran on Prva in 2016 and 2017. The Arabic dub carried a title meaning "Love and Tears". Its English title is Broken Pieces.

DirectorCevdet Mercan
Production companyEndemol
NetworkStar TV
Shattered (Paramparça)

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

Two babies mixed up by a nurse, the daughters of a rich and a poor family swapped: one of melodrama's oldest and best-known set-ups. The question is how fresh the telling is. The acting of Nurgül Yeşilçay and Erkan Petekkaya carries the work, but very long episodes tend to dilute dramatic tension. Three seasons and 97 episodes; keeping rhythm and economy of scene in a format that long is hard. A strong cast makes a formula comfortable, but it does not renew it. I would have liked bolder choices in staging and rhythm for such a familiar melodramatic premise.

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

The real flavor is the cast: Nurgül Yeşilçay, Erkan Petekkaya, Ebru Özkan, Barış Falay, Nursel Köse, Tolga Tekin, Alina Boz, Leyla Tanlar. Once the truth comes out fifteen years later and upends both households, the character arcs feed on it. The fact that Yeşilçay appears only in the first 52 episodes makes you think about where the show's center of gravity sits. Long episodes suit marathon lovers, but the pace may sag in the middle. Enjoyable for anyone who loves family drama and is ready for the long haul.

Yeşilçam Nostalgic A viewer raised on the classics, looking for warm storytelling and strong acting.

Swapped babies, girls raised in two different homes, a truth that comes out years later: this is the kind of story Yeşilçam loved too. The heart works here; the shock to the two families holds you. There is something of the sincerity of the old masters in Nurgül Yeşilçay's acting. But very long episodes and a story that keeps producing new sorrows can tire you out. A more measured telling would have given the same feeling more deeply.

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