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The Wild Pear Tree
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THE WILD PEAR TREE

Ahlat Ağacı

Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Turkey, France, 2018
Drama

Synopsis

Sinan, an aspiring writer, returns home after university hoping to scrape together enough money to publish his first novel. Struggling to reorient himself within his family, Sinan must re-enter a difficult situation with his father who’s trying to find a way to pay off his extensive gambling debts.

Synopsis

Sinan, an aspiring writer, returns home after university hoping to scrape together enough money to publish his first novel. Struggling to reorient himself within his family, Sinan must re-enter a difficult situation with his father who’s trying to find a way to pay off his extensive gambling debts.

Our take

Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s follow-up to the Palme d’Or-winner Winter Sleep is a sumptuous and evocative drama that delicately paints a contrast between grand aspirations and daily small-town life. With a Chekhovian flourish, the Turkish auteur explores the bittersweet emotions of returning home.