The Wild Pear Tree
DFI Cinema - Doha Film Institute
Nuri Bilge Ceylan / Turkey, France, Bulgaria, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Qatar / 2018 / 188 min / Colour / Unknown / In Turkish / Arabic, English subtitles
Themes: Drama
Rated: 
Mature subject matter. May not be suitable for minors. Individuals under the age of 15 are not admitted into cinemas
Description
‘The Wild Pear Tree’ follows Sinan—an aspiring writer who returns home after college hoping to make enough money to publish his first novel. He wanders the town encountering old flames and obstinate gatekeepers, only to find his youthful ambition increasingly at odds with the deferred dreams of his gambling-addict father. As his own fantasies mingle with reality, Sinan grapples with the people and the place that have made him who he is. Unhurried, and magnificently acted, the film uses a young man's post-graduation experience to pose thoughtful and engaging questions about life in contemporary Turkey.
Director
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Nuri Bilge Ceylan was born in Istanbul, 1959. After graduating from Engineering Department of Bosphorus University, he studied Film Making for two years at Mimar Sinan University, Istambul. Ceylan’s short film 'Koza' (Cocoon) was screened in the Cannes Film Festival in 1995. He received many awards with his debut feature 'Kasaba' (Small Town) and his second feature 'Mayis Sikintisi' (Clouds of May). His third feature 'Uzak' (Distant) received the Grand Prix and award for Best Actor at Cannes 2003, and was praised internationally. His 2006 film 'Iklimler' (Climates) won the FIPRESCI Award at Cannes in 2006 and received international prize by critics and experts. He won the Award for the Best Director in the 2008 Festival de Cannes for his, 'Uç Maymun' (Three Monkeys), and in 2014 the FIPRESCI Award for 'Winters Sleep'.
Credits
- Screenwriter
- Akın Aksu, Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Producer
- Zeynep Özbatur Atakan
- Cinematographer
- Gökhan Tiryaki
- Cast
- Aydın Doğu Demirkol, Murat Cemcir, Bennu Yıldırımlar, Hazar Ergüçlü, Serkan Keskin, Tamer Levent, Akın Aksu