The Wild Pear Tree

Fresh out of university, a Turkish young man with literary aspirations returns to his home village, and to his father, a debt-ridden man with a gambling problem.

Cast

Doğu Demirkol

as Sinan

Murat Cemcir

as İdris

Bennu Yıldırımlar

as Asuman

Hazar Ergüçlü

as Hatice

Serkan Keskin

as Süleyman

Tamer Levent

as Recep

Akın Aksu

as İmam Veysel

Ahmet Rıfat Şungar

as Ali Riza

Kubilay Tunçer

as İlhami

Öner Erkan

as İmam Nazmi

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