The Pear Tree
Oct 18 1998
•2h 35m
•Romance, Drama
A man contemplates life and compares it to a pear tree in his yard which stops producing fruit.
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Golshifteh Farahani
M
Homayoun Ershadi
Mahmoud
Mohammad Reza Shaban-Noori
Nematollah Gorji
Old gardener
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