The Wild Pear Tree

Original title: Ahlat Ağacı

“All these small-minded, bigoted people like peas in a pod.”

Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan

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.