The Wild Pear Tree

Jun 1, 2018

3h 8m

★ 7.5

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

Overview

Fresh out of university, a Turkish young man with literary aspirations returns to his home village, and to his father, a debt-ridden man with a gambling problem.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Zeynofilm

Memento Films Production

Detailfilm

ARTE France Cinéma

RFF International

Sisters and Brother Mitevski

2006 Produkcija

Film i Väst

Chimney Sweden

Imaj Film

DFI

Nulook Production

Kale Grubu

The Wild Pear Tree Trailers

Cast

Sinan

Doğu Demirkol

İdris

Murat Cemcir

Asuman

Bennu Yıldırımlar

Hatice

Hazar Ergüçlü

Süleyman

Serkan Keskin

Recep

Tamer Levent

İmam Veysel

Akın Aksu

Ali Riza

Ahmet Rıfat Şungar

İlhami

Kubilay Tunçer

İmam Nazmi

Öner Erkan

Hayriye

Özay Fecht

Adnan

Kadir Çermik

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