The Wild Pear Tree

All these small-minded, bigoted people like peas in a pod.

A contemplative, melancholic portrait of a young writer's struggle between artistic ambition and provincial constraints, caught between family obligation and existential doubt.

Fresh out of university, a Turkish young man with literary aspirations returns to his home village and starts scraping together money to publish his book. While trying to reconnect with his old friends and environment; his uncertainty, existential struggle and his father’s gambling addiction bring him grave difficulties.