The Pear Tree
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Dariush Mehrjui
Jafar Bozorgi
Maryam Majd
Mohammad Reza Shaban-noori
Maryam Moqbeli
Nematollah Gorji
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Story takes place in the late 1940's as Mahmoud, a famous writer, is suffering from writer's block. He begins to remember being 11-years-old, awkward and shy, on his family's lush country estate in Tehran. He is fascinated by his 14-year-old cousin, referred to as M. She is a tomboy, but is becoming a beauty and revels in the power she has over her smitten cousin. She was and is the muse that inspires the older Mahmoud's creative impulses, at once letting him revel in the remembrances of childhood and motivating his creativity.
Director
Dariush Mehrjui
Cast
Jafar Bozorgi
Maryam Majd
Mohammad Reza Shaban-noori
Maryam Moqbeli
Nematollah Gorji
Homayoun Ershadi
Golshifteh Farahani
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of Silver Hugo at the 1998 Chicago International Film Festival.
Released in United States 1998
Released in United States December 1998
Released in United States February 1998
Released in United States October 1998
Released in United States October 2007
Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (in competition) October 8-18, 1998.
Shown at Fajr Film Festival (international competition) in Teheran, Iran February 1-12, 1998.
Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (Special Program - Remapping of New Asian Auteur Cinema 3: Dariush Mehrjui) October 4-12, 2007.
Released in United States 1998
Released in United States February 1998 (Shown at Fajr Film Festival (international competition) in Teheran, Iran February 1-12, 1998.)
Released in United States October 1998 (Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (in competition) October 8-18, 1998.)
Released in United States October 2007 (Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (Special Program - Remapping of New Asian Auteur Cinema 3: Dariush Mehrjui) October 4-12, 2007.)
Released in United States December 1998 (Shown an New York City (Walter Reade) as part of program "Darius Mehrjui Retrospective & Recent Iranian Film" December 2-3, 1998.)
