Directed by:
Cenk ErtürkScreenplay:
Cenk ErtürkCinematography:
Federico CescaComposer:
Leon GurvitchCast:
Haluk Bilginer, Ali Atay, Mehmet Özgür, Hande Doğandemir, Arın Kuşaksızoğlu, Emre Çambel, Enver Ceylan, Cantürk Çolak, Mustafa Kamburoğlu, Yasin Yılmaz (more)Plots(1)
Facing the end of a battle with terminal illness, Ibrahim (Haluk Bilginer) asks his son Ömer (Ali Atay) to drive him to the village in rural Turkey where he was raised. Soon after they arrive, Ömer realizes that there’s more to this request than meets the eye: Ibrahim wants to be buried beneath a tree he planted as a boy. In the aftermath of a land dispute that cast Ibrahim’s family away from the community 45 years earlier, however, the plot of land has become a holy site called the “Noah Tree,” named for the Biblical figure whom they believe first planted it after the Flood. With all relevant public archives damaged, and villagers growing defensive over what seems a sacrilegious project, Ibrahim forges ahead in the name of justice; Ömer, on the other hand, grows conflicted, bearing the brunt of this battle even as he grapples with unaired grievances between himself and his dad. (Tribeca Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Haluk Bilginer
Turkey
Best movies:
Cars of the Revolution (2008)
Winter Sleep (2014)
Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
Ali Atay
Turkey
Best movies:
Thou Gild'st the Even (2013)
40 (2009)
Mehmet Özgür
Turkey
Best movies:
Frenzy (2015)
Beyond the Hill (2012)
The Magnificent Century (2011) (series)
Hande Doğandemir
Turkey
Best movies:
Magnificent Century: Kosem (2015) (series)
Arın Kuşaksızoğlu
Best movies:
Who Killed Lady Winsley? (2018)
Emre Çambel
Turkey
Best movies:
Recep İvedik (2008)
Enver Ceylan
Turkey
Best movies:
The Wild Pear Tree (2018)
Frenzy (2015)
Recep İvedik (2008)
Yasin Yılmaz
Turkey
Best movies:
Aşk Yeniden (2015) (series)
Bahtiyar Ergün
Turkey
Best movies:
Insider (2016) (series)
The Pigeon (2018)
Ivy (2015)
Güven Gülesçe
Best movies:
Delibal (2015)
Recep İvedik (2008)