THE WILD PEAR TREE

Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s first film since winning the Palme d’Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival for Winter Sleep is another essential work. A recent college graduate and aspiring writer returns from the city to the rural town where he grew up. Though he doesn’t want to “rot” in this backwater, he discovers that, while trying to get his first book published, he must deal with his father’s gambling debts. “Masterful.” –Variety. Subtitles. DCP. 188 min.