D.fter having starred in God help us, Francesca Chillemi and Can Yaman they land on Channel 5. The Sicilian actress and the Turkish actor are the protagonists of the series Purple like the sea. Based on the novel Do you know summer?by Simona Tanzini, will air for 6 episodes starting from tonight at 9.45pm.
Purple like the seathe plot of the series
At the heart of the crime and romance series shot in Palermo, a reporter and a policeman whose lives cross for work reasons. Viola Vitale (Francesca Chillemi) is thirty years old, she is a former Miss Italy, and, after the experience as a beauty queen, she enrolled in university. Today she is a young woman with great ideals, romantic, who pursues the dream of becoming journalist of customs and society.
Once she arrives in Sicily, she begins to take care of crime news. Work leads her to meet Chief Inspector Francesco Demir (Can Yaman). As charming as he is hermetic, he is a man of one piece, instinctive and opposed to stable relationships. Italian mother and Turkish father, his mentor is Santo Buscemi (David Coco)Public Prosecutor who acted as a father to him, preventing him from frequenting bad turns.
In each episode, a new case on which both will have to work, in their respective roles. Murders characterized by a strange randomness: apparently they all arose out of chance. Viola will try to find an answer to so much evil, a fil rouge that can justify these heinous crimes and, perhaps, find the answers it has been looking for for some time. Meanwhile, you will have to find a way to live with the inspector. At first they will study at a distance, not without clashes, but over time they will get closeruntil they start a real collaboration.
Francesca Chillemi and Can Yaman, protagonists of the Canale 5 series “Viola come il mare”. (Courtesy press office Mediaset)
Viola, a woman in search of her truth
It will not all go smoothly, due to their characters, which are too different. So, they will have to find a balance, but above all keep at bay the attraction that seizes them from the first glance and it will grow, episode after episode. For Viola, the arrival in Palermo corresponds to the beginning of a new phase. First of all, she discovers that she can read who is in front of her thanks to the synaesthesia (effect of a neurodegenerative disease). Her power allows her to associate a color with the emotions of her interlocutor. A gift that perhaps will help her in the investigation. And in private life?
Romantic and dreamer, after a disappointment in love she has decided that the next man she will allow to enter her heart will be the one she will take to the altar. And who knows that the new Sicilian page does not give her love. In addition to Inspector Demir, you will have the opportunity to know Raniero (Romano Reggiani), on paper the perfect man. However, in addition to work and love, he has a third factor to think about. Despite the sunny aspect and the positive approach to life, in fact, he harbors a secret.
The move to Sicily is not only due to business, but also personal needs. Viola is in fact determined to find the father she never knew. In this turmoil, you will be overwhelmed by the colors, scents and sounds of the island. A thousand shades of a land at times tormented, but a melting pot of cultures, which will give it the strength and courage to open up, perhaps for the first time, to life.
Can Yaman, Francesca Chillemi and Chiara Tron in a scene from the Canale 5 series. (Courtesy press office Boom PR)
The actors in the cast
There are several corollary characters that appear in the series. The cast also includes actors Simona Cavallari, Chiara Tron and Giovanni Nasta, in addition to the aforementioned David Coco and Romano Reggiani. Simona Cavallari is Claudia Forensi, a 45-year-old journalist who lives for his job. She is the editor of the newspaper where Viola works, with whom there will be no lack of disagreements.
Chiara Tron plays Tamara Graziosi. She also works in the editorial office, but she is not moved by the same passion as Viola. She is a pessimistic, grumpy woman, refractory to any kind of sentimental bond. She is the exact opposite of her colleague, with whom she will establish an important friendship relationship.
Giovanni Nasta is Turi D’Agata, the faithful assistant of Inspector Demir. Married, with two daughters, he is only 25 years old, but he is responsible on a par with a grown man. David Coco is the Santo Buscemi Public Prosecutor, upright man of the law, as well as a great point of reference for Demir. In the end, Romano Reggiani is Raniero Sammartano, twenty-five years old charming and with a thousand gifts. Good, polite, with a big heart, polyglot, he runs the family business and wants to break through the heart of Viola. Will he succeed?
“Viola like the sea”, Romano Reggiani and Francesca Chillemi in the role of Raniero Sammartano and Viola Vitale. (Courtesy press office Boom PR)
The rumors about Can Yaman and Francesca Chillemi
The release of Purple like the sea was preceded by a huge media hype, thanks to the two protagonists.
In particular, the presence of Can Yaman. The actor, who became famous for having acted in some are Turkish operas, boasts a large crowd of admirers, who for months have been waiting for his return on Canale 5.
To support the hype, rumors on one alleged liaison with Francesca Chillemi. The former Miss Italy, however, is married to the entrepreneur Stefano Rosso and there is no official news about a marital crisis. Where the truth lies is not known. Sure, the gossip is very useful for the grand launch of the serieswhich opens the new Mediaset television season.
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