Movie

The Wild Pear Tree

2018 · 188 min

A slow, talk-heavy immersion into rural Turkish life, rich with existential conversation and quiet familial ache.

Tagline: All these small-minded, bigoted people like peas in a pod.
Overview: 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.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest, tense and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Family, identity, ambition, addiction
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
identity
ambition
addiction
isolation
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none