The Wild Pear Tree (2018)
Fresh out of university, a Turkish young man with literary aspirations returns to his home village and starts scraping together money to publish his book. While trying to reconnect with his old friends and environment; his uncertainty, existential struggle and his father’s gambling addiction bring him grave difficulties.
Director:
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Writers:
Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Ebru Ceylan.
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Doğu Demirkol as Sinan |
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Murat Cemcir as İdris |
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Bennu Yıldırımlar as Asuman |
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Hazar Ergüçlü as Hatice |
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Serkan Keskin as Süleyman |
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Tamer Levent as Recep |
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Akın Aksu as İmam Veysel |
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Ahmet Rıfat Şungar as Ali Riza |
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Kubilay Tunçer as İlhami |
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Öner Erkan as İmam Nazmi |
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Özay Fecht as Hayriye |
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Kadir Çermik as Adnan |
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Ercüment Balakoğlu as Ramazan |
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Sencar Sağdıç as Nevzat |
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Asena Keskinci as Yasemin |
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Abdurrahman Tutar as Seydi |
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Salih Ünal as Kuyumcu Raif |
| Writing | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Screenplay |
| Directing | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Director |
| Production | Zeynep Ozbatur Atakan | Producer |
| Sound | Henrik Sunnåker | Foley Editor |
| Camera | Gökhan Tiryaki | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Ivaylo Natzev | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Andreas Mücke-Niesytka | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Producer |
| Editing | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Editor |
| Writing | Ebru Ceylan | Screenplay |
| Production | Olivier Père | Co-Producer |