The Wild Pear Tree

The Wild Pear Tree

2018 · 188 min · TR · 7.5 (330 votes)
Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan · Starring Doğu Demirkol, Murat Cemcir, Bennu Yıldırımlar, Hazar Ergüçlü, Serkan Keskin, Tamer Levent

“All these small-minded, bigoted people like peas in a pod.”

Drama

Fresh out of university, a Turkish young man with literary aspirations returns to his home village and starts scraping together money to publish his book. While trying to reconnect with his old friends and environment; his uncertainty, existential struggle and his father’s gambling addiction bring him grave difficulties.

VIBE

A quiet, contemplative drama about the weight of expectation and the struggle for self-discovery. It feels like a long, drawn-out sigh, steeped in the melancholic reality of small-town life and familial duty.

melancholicintrospectivesomberrealisticslow-burnarthousecharacter-drivennaturalisticfamily conflictambitiondisillusionmentclass
turkeyreligiondebtwriterfamily conflictfather and child
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