wild pear tree

Assunta 2022-03-22 09:02:39

Sinan, a fledgling Turkish boy who had just graduated from university and was about to publish his first novel, had to return to his hometown of Istanbul due to lack of funds. Here, he took a 90-minute bus ride to a dysfunctional family that had been ruined by his father Idris's gambling habit. Many years ago, they enjoyed the respect of many in the village because Idris was once a well-educated teacher, but went astray in order to repay the loan and ended up throwing the whole family into the abyss. After a series of day-to-day problems and setbacks, issues of Sinan's personal responsibility come to the fore, especially to his fragile father.

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  • Vita 2022-03-19 09:01:08

    This year's favorite in Cannes. 1. "Failure is a matter of fate, success is one's own business". Anatolia under the boundless wilderness, the inexplicable dilemma and knot of heart, combined with the beautiful photography of "Hibernation" combined with high-density dialogue to tell homesickness, those rain, fog and wind and snow are all reflected in the emotions of Ceylon. The best expression of thoughts. Turning the image into a mirror, no matter under the dry well or among the fallen leaves, we can see the truest selves and hope for the selfish past and the uncertain future. 2. The argument touches on the status of women, the utility and purpose of literary creation, religious beliefs, and the hypocritical and corrupt bureaucratic system. From one-sided to overall, individual to family, the relationship between the characters progresses layer by layer, and the ending is touched by the reconciliation of father and son, acceptance of self-sublimation. 3. Dog hunting notice/news paper cutting/Trojan horse. 4. Kissing under the tree is like illusion and drunkenness, and the thoughts in the skull are so real. Ants on the baby's face & hanging in the well. Dreams are longer than reality, and life is harder than movies. 5. We are all freaks who are not understood. (9.3/10)

  • Elza 2022-03-27 09:01:18

    The oil painting-like aesthetic style of this film is more classical than the primitive and dull "Lazzaro of Happiness", and the depiction of family relationships is delicate but not procrastinated, which is more appealing to me than "The Thief's Family". Ceylon's previous works were very reconstructed, but in "Hibernation" and "Wild Pear Tree", they put more emphasis on creating atmosphere with light and color, and the techniques became more and more skilled. Unfortunately, some of the passages shot with DJI osmo made me dance a bit.

The Wild Pear Tree quotes

  • Imam Veysel: What did Ibn Arabi say? The god you worship is under my feet.

  • Sinan Karasu: Abuse, sins, crimes. Are you calling them fate now? Disappointments are fate's fault. Successes are our own doing.