Film
The Wild Pear Tree
- Director
- Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Certificate
- 15
- Running Time
- 188 mins
Nuri Bilge Ceylan‘s follow-up to 2014’s Winter Sleep and the official Turkish entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards is, you will perhaps not be surprised to learn if you’re familiar with his work, very long (three hours) and very slow.
https://youtu.be/GGts8qQe8Fc
Nonetheless, this coming-of-age tale about an ambitious young graduate and aspriring novelist who returns to his home village and dysfunctional family succeeded in charming critcs at Cannes and should find a small if appreciative audience among those who succumb to its gentle pace.
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