It is a dramatic story about the ambition of a young man facing despair. A young writer was surprised by a painful reality when he found his father steeped in many debts as he returned to his hometown in his small village to see his father. The young man's life may turn into another turn.
1953 in Istanbul, Turkey
January 4, 1980 in Izmir, Turkey
1992 in Cyprus
1977 in Izmit, Turkey
1934 in Zonguldak, Turkey
January 02, 2019
The Wild Pear Tree is an extremely dense, rich, challenging, lengthy movie.November 05, 2018
In his 2014 Palme d'Or winner, Ceylan unpacked thorny issues of ethics and morality with a surgeon's steady patience; he employs a similar approach here, only the territory is much less fertile.November 05, 2018
Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan looks at his country through the prism of a grim coming-of-age tale stripped of lyricism and joy.November 25, 2018
An Eastern European version of The Graduate - if The Graduate were dour, without sex and three hours long.May 21, 2018
A philosophical journey through the mind of an aspiring artist trying to figure out who he is and where he belongs.December 10, 2018
The Wild Pear Tree is a humane masterpiece that slowly creeps up on you, beautifully made and magnificently acted.December 05, 2018
In its absorbing to and fro of mood and dialogue, The Wild Pear Tree brilliantly conjures the moments when people at odds with each other can suddenly connect.December 11, 2018
This is a quiet, often beautiful and powerful film that resonates with the viewer long after the credits roll.December 23, 2018
The Turkish auteur's new work is expansive in length, but in this instance it also has the spark of (contrarian) youth and a prickly sense of humour.December 04, 2018
It's a wealth of flowering expression on the intimate subject of loss.November 23, 2018
The Wild Pear Tree brilliantly illuminates the gap in life between what is desired and what is achieved, but the metaphorical light seeps into the frame rather than fully exposing it.May 21, 2018
Ceylan may not be a filmmaker who compromises his style, but with The Wild Pear Tree, he manages to inject familiar emotions into a movie that's all about wrestling creative ambitions into a relatable whole.