The Wild Pear Tree
Jun 01 2018
•3h 8m
•Drama
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.
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Doğu Demirkol
Sinan
Murat Cemcir
İdris
Bennu Yıldırımlar
Asuman
Hazar Ergüçlü
Hatice
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