Programme 2018
The Wild Pear Tree
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
fiction
India Premiere
Section: World Cinema
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Sweden, The Former Yugoslave Republic of Bosnia, Herzegovina | Year: 2017
Language(s): Turkish | Time: 188 mins
Synopsis
Sinan is passionate about literature and has always wanted to be a writer. Returning to the village where he was born, he pours his heart and soul into scraping together the money he needs to be published, but his father’s debts catch up with him.
Director's Bio
Nuri Bilge Ceylan is a Turkish filmmaker. Debuting in 1998 with the feature Small Town, his films have won numerous awards at different prestigious film festivals of the world, including the Fipresci Prize, Best Director, and Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
