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The Pear Tree (1998)
Directed by Dariush Mehrjui
Romance, Drama · 1h 35m
Mahmoud is suffering from writer's block and he is unable to continue the book he is currently working upon. He decides to take a break from his routine life and plans to visit his family's rural estate that is situated at north of Tehran. He also intends to complete his book in this visit. While at the estate, Mahmoud's attention is brought to the old Pear Tree that is situated behind the estate by the old gardener of the estate. Seeing the Pear Tree, Mahmoud thinks about his past - his infatuation towards his 14-year-old female cousin known only as M, his adolescent dreams, how that changed over the years. The rest of the film chronicles thoughts of Mahmoud and his past.
Cast
Golshifteh Farahani
M
Homayoun Ershadi
Mahmoud
Nematollah Gorji
Mashadi Hossein
Jafar Bozorgi
The Head of a Village
Shaghayegh Farahani
Shahram Haghighat Doost
Crew
- Director
- Dariush Mehrjui
- Screenplay
- Goli Taraghi
- Writer
- Dariush Mehrjui
- Director of Photography
- Mahmoud Kalari
- Editor
- Mostafa Kherghehpoosh
- Producer
- Dariush Mehrjui
Details
- Original title
- درخت گلابی
- Release date
- 1998-10-18
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Original language
- FA
- Spoken languages
- Persian
- Countries
- Iran