The Pear Tree (1998)
Derakhte Golabi
95 min
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.
- Release date
- October 18, 1998
- Country of origin
- Iran
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Cast
- Golshifteh Farahani as M
- Homayoun Ershadi as Mahmoud
- Mohammad Reza Shahbani Nouri as Mahmoud's childhood
- Nematollah Gorji as Old gardener
- Sassan Bagherpour as Mahmoud's young friend
- Jafar Bozorgi as Headman of a village
- Shaghayegh Farahani as Adult M
- Aram Ghasemy as Student
- Shahram Haghighat Doost
- Jahangir Mirshekari
- Maryam Moghbeli
- Maliheh Nazari
- Ahou Alagha as Student
- Sepehr Azadi
Crew
- Dariush Mehrjui · Director
- Dariush Mehrjui · Writer
- Goli Taraghi · Writer
- Dariush Mehrjui · Producer
- Mahmoud Kalari · Cinematographer
- Mostafa Kherghehpoosh · Editor