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The Wild Pear Tree (2018)

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Film details

Countries

Bosnia and Herzegovina Australia Bulgaria France Germany North Macedonia Qatar Sweden Turkey
Year

2018
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

Ahlat Agaci Original

Synopsis

Sinan, a literature graduate returns from his studies in the coastal city of Canakkale to his parents’ home in the small rural town of Can, where he hopes to raise funds to publish a book of his essays and short stories which are inspired by his barely concealed dislike for the region and its inhabitants. But his teacher father Idris has accumulated large gambling debts and Sinan becomes increasingly disenchanted by his father and provincial life as he starts to worry that he will not achieve his literary ambitions and will instead be reduced to teaching in the east following military service.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Sinan
    
    Aydin Dogu Demirkol
  - Idris
    
    Murat Cemcir
  - Asuman
    
    Bennu Yildirimlar
  - Hatice
    
    Hazar Ergüclü
  - Süleyman
    
    Serkan Keskin
  - Grandfather Recep
    
    Tamer Levent
  - Veysel, imam
    
    Akin Aksu
  - Nazmi, imam
    
    Oner Erkan
  - Riza
    
    Ahmet Rifat Sungar
  - Ilhami
    
    Kubilay Tuncer
  - Adnan Yilmaz, mayor
    
    Kadir Çermik
  - Grandmother Hayriye
    
    Özay Fecht
  - Grandfather Ramazan
    
    Ercüment Balakoglu
  - Yasemin
    
    Asena Keskinci
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Nuri Bilge Ceylan
  - Produced by
    
    Zeyno Film
  - Produced by
    
    Memento Films Production
  - Produced by
    
    DETAiLFILM
  - Produced by
    
    RFF International
  - Produced by
    
    Sisters and Brother Mitevski
  - Produced by
    
    2006 Produkcija Sarajevo
  - Produced by
    
    Film i Väst
  - Produced by
    
    Chimney Pot
  - In co-production with
    
    ARTE France Cinéma
  - In co-production with
    
    Imaj
  - In co-production with
    
    Türkiye Radyo Televizyon Kurumu (TRT)
  - In co-production with
    
    Doha Film Institute
  - In co-production with
    
    Nu-Look Yapim
  - In co-production with
    
    Kale Grubu
  - With the support of
    
    Eurimages
  - With the support of
    
    Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism
  - With the support of
    
    Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
  - With the support of
    
    Bulgarian National Film Center
  - With the support of
    
    Macedonian Film Agency
  - With the support of
    
    Film Foundation Sarajevo
  - With the support of
    
    MPA APSA Academy Film Fund
  - In association with
    
    ARTE France
  - Producer
    
    Özbatur Atakan, Zeynep
  - Co-producer
    
    Alexandre Mallet-Guy
  - Co-producer
    
    Fabian Gasmia
  - Co-producer
    
    Stefan Kitanov
  - Co-producer
    
    Labina Mitevská
  - Co-producer
    
    Mirsad Purivatra
  - Co-producer
    
    Jon Mankell
  - Co-producer
    
    Anthony Muir
  - Co-producer
    
    Eskilsson, Thomas
  - Production Manager
    
    Ahmet Demircan
  - Assistant Director
    
    Yildiz Asanboga
  - Casting
    
    Erkut Emre Sungur
  - Screenplay
    
    Akin Aksu
  - Screenplay
    
    Ebru Ceylan
  - Screenplay
    
    Nuri Bilge Ceylan
  - Director of Photography
    
    Gökhan Tiryaki
  - Editor
    
    Nuri Bilge Ceylan
  - Art Director
    
    Meral Aktan
  - Costumes
    
    Selcen Demet Kadizade
  - Make-up
    
    Gorogranc Petrushevska, Mojca
  - Hair Design
    
    Emre Ölmez
  - Sound
    
    Mücke Niesytka, Andreas
  - Sound
    
    Thomas Robert
  - Sound
    
    Thomas Gauder

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