Ahlat Agaci (Original title)The Wild Pear Tree (Alternative title)
Date: 2018 (Release)Countries: Turkey, France, Germany, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sweden, Qatar, AustraliaDirector: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Synopsis: Sinan, a literature graduate returns from his studies in the coastal city of Canakkale to his parents’ home in the small rural town of Can, where he hopes to raise funds to publish a book of his essays and short stories which are inspired by his barely concealed dislike for the region and its inhabitants. But his teacher father Idris has accumulated large gambling debts and Sinan becomes increasingly disenchanted by his father and provincial life as he starts to worry that he will not achieve his literary ambitions and will instead be reduced to teaching in the east following military service.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Writers, Literature, Fathers, Sons, Debts, Rural life
Releases
Date: 01 June 2018Country: TurkeyRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 188 mins Dialogue (original): Turkish
Date: November 2018Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 188 mins Dialogue (original): Turkish / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Date: 30 November 2018Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 188 mins Dialogue (original): Turkish / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: New Wave Films
Date: 2018 (Release)Countries: Turkey, France, Germany, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sweden, Qatar, AustraliaDirector: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Synopsis: Sinan, a literature graduate returns from his studies in the coastal city of Canakkale to his parents’ home in the small rural town of Can, where he hopes to raise funds to publish a book of his essays and short stories which are inspired by his barely concealed dislike for the region and its inhabitants. But his teacher father Idris has accumulated large gambling debts and Sinan becomes increasingly disenchanted by his father and provincial life as he starts to worry that he will not achieve his literary ambitions and will instead be reduced to teaching in the east following military service.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Writers, Literature, Fathers, Sons, Debts, Rural life
Releases
Date: 01 June 2018Country: TurkeyRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 188 mins Dialogue (original): Turkish
Date: November 2018Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 188 mins Dialogue (original): Turkish / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Date: 30 November 2018Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 188 mins Dialogue (original): Turkish / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: New Wave Films
Credits
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Produced by: Zeyno Film, Produced by: Memento Films Production, Produced by: DETAiLFILM, Produced by: RFF International, Produced by: Sisters and Brother Mitevski, Produced by: 2006 Produkcija Sarajevo, Produced by: Film i Väst, Chimney Pot, In co-production with: ARTE France Cinéma, In co-production with: Imaj, In co-production with: Türkiye Radyo Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), In co-production with: Doha Film Institute, In co-production with: Nu-Look Yapim, Kale Grubu, With the support of: Eurimages, With the support of: Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, With the support of: Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, With the support of: Bulgarian National Film Center, With the support of: Macedonian Film Agency, With the support of: Film Foundation Sarajevo, MPA APSA Academy Film Fund, In association with: ARTE France, Producer: Zeynep Özbatur Atakan, Co-producer: Alexandre Mallet-Guy, Co-producer: Fabian Gasmia, Co-producer: Stefan Kitanov, Co-producer: Labina Mitevská, Co-producer: Mirsad Purivatra, Co-producer: Jon Mankell, Co-producer: Anthony Muir, Co-producer: Thomas Eskilsson, Production Manager: Ahmet Demircan, Assistant Director: Yildiz Asanboga, Casting: Erkut Emre Sungur, Screenplay: Akin Aksu, Screenplay: Ebru Ceylan, Screenplay: Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Director of Photography: Gökhan Tiryaki, Editor: Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Art Director: Meral Aktan, Costumes: Selcen Demet Kadizade, Make-up: Mojca Gorogranc Petrushevska, Hair Design: Emre Ölmez, Sound: Andreas Mücke Niesytka, Sound: Thomas Robert, Sound: Thomas Gauder
Cast
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Aydin Dogu Demirkol (Sinan), Murat Cemcir (Idris), Bennu Yildirimlar (Asuman), Hazar Ergüclü (Hatice), Serkan Keskin (Süleyman), Tamer Levent (Grandfather Recep), Akin Aksu (Veysel, imam), Oner Erkan (Nazmi, imam), Ahmet Rifat Sungar (Riza), Kubilay Tuncer (Ilhami), Kadir Çermik (Adnan Yilmaz, mayor), Özay Fecht (Grandmother Hayriye), Ercüment Balakoglu (Grandfather Ramazan), Asena Keskinci (Yasemin)