Synopsis
“The Wild Pear Tree is a gentle, humane, beautifully made and magnificently acted movie from the Turkish filmmaker and former Palme winner Nuri Bilge Ceylan: garrulous, humorous and lugubrious in his unmistakable and very engaging style. It’s an unhurried, elegiac address to the idea of childhood and your home town – and how returning to both has a bittersweet savour. As in his previous film, Winter Sleep, he draws on the spirit of Chekhov. But his style is all his own: not Chekhovian, but Ceylanian. There are scenes in which people placidly watch TV: largely histrionic soaps whose contrast to the film itself is a type of comedy the director playfully allows us to notice. In fact, The Wild Pear Tree is not unlike a telenovela of family life, taken at a very high-minded, andante pace.“ (Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian)
Around The World in 14 Films 2018, presented by Nicolas Wackerbarth
Credits
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| Director: | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | ||
| Screenplay: | Akin Aksu, Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan | ||
| OT: | Ahlat Ağacı | ||
| Country: | Turkey, France, Germany 2018 | ||
| Production: | Zeyno Film, Detailfilm, Film i Väst, Memento Films Production | ||
| Cast: | Dogu Demirkol, Murat Cemcir, Bennu Yildirimlar, Hazar Ergüçlü, Asena Keskinci, Tamer Levent | ||
| Format: | DCP / coulour | ||
| Length: | 188 min. | ||
| Language: | Turkish OV / English subtitles | ||
| Distribution Germany: | / | ||
| Festivals: | Cannes, Sydney, Melbourne, Jerusalem, Toronto, Golden Rose, New York etc. |
Website: nbcfilm.com
“The Wild Pear Tree” is Turkey’s 2019 Oscar® Entry (“Best Foreign Language Film”).