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The Wild Pear Tree (2018)

The Wild Pear Tree poster
Original title
Ahlat Ağacı
Directed by
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Genre
drama film
Country
France, Turkey
Runtime
3h 08m
Rated
6
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 307 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A recent college graduate returns to his rural hometown in Turkey. He struggles with his family and his own ambitions as he tries to publish his first novel.

slow-burncontemplativemelancholicthoughtfulquietly intensepersonalvisually understated

What happens

The Wild Pear Tree (Turkish: Ahlat Ağacı) is a 2018 Turkish drama film directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. It was also selected as the Turkish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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