The Wild Pear Tree (Ahlat Agaci) (Ahlat Ağacı)

THE WILD PEAR TREE

Sinan. How are you?

Fine, thanks.

Come in for some tea.

Not now. I need to get home.

The house won't fly away!

I've got all my bags.

Where you been?

College in Çanakkale. I graduated.

- No way! Congratulations! - Thanks.

So what's it like there?

It sucks, like everywhere if you're broke.

- Sure. No money, no life. - Exactly.

Are your folks OK?

I guess. I'll soon find out.

- Sinan. - Yes?

I lent your dad

three gold coins.

Four months ago. He must've forgotten.

- Did you know? - No.

- He didn't pay you back? - No. I mentioned it.

I guess he forgot again. Can you remind him?

Gold is cheap right now so he'd end up paying less.

OK, I'll tell him.

I can never get him on his cell.

You're right, he's bad with phones.

He's hard to contact.

Does he still have that hunting dog?

I'm not sure. Why?

I'd take it instead, but he refused.

Don't waste your breath. He'd refuse millions for it.

But he never goes hunting.

He's very attached to that dog.

OK, have a good day.

- Tell him I said hello. - I will.

And to drop by.

OK.

Your hands are shaking.

I'm stressed.

I don't like what's going on.

Sorry, Nisan, you're fleeing reality.

You're hiding your head in the sand.

What's up? Have you eaten?

Yes.

I know.

Well, well!

- Welcome. - Thanks.

You just arrived?

No, a while ago.

You, a graduate!

Well done!

Thanks.

How's it going there? Everything OK?

Nothing new.

But Mum's put away my books.

She would.

She hates clutter.

Where did books get you?

Don't get me started.

Restore visible shine and softness in only one month.

Restructuring night spray from our time therapy...

Give me the remote.

Our series is about to start.

So?

We'll go back when it starts.

Who wants to watch hours of ads?

Sinan, come and see what your aunt sent us.

From Aunty?

Look at those goats!

That's a year-old goat? More like a bull!

Stuffed with goddam feed in a pen!

Imagine what the milk and meat taste like.

You'd never get enough grass for a herd that size.

Are you mad? The earth is generous enough to provide for all.

"Do not scorn the soil Haven to many treasures"

"Resting place of saints Home to a thousand prophets"

Yunus Emre!

Bravo!

I should be retiring soon.

With my bonus I'll show you how to raise animals.

Of course!

We couldn't think how to spend it.

You splashed out on horses

so the rest may as well go on sheep and goats.

What a family of animal lovers!

Yasemin! Go fetch my jacket.

It's behind you. Get it yourself.

It's because it's behind me I want you to get it.

Were you eating onions?

Not at all.

Funny, it smells like it.

Anyway. Have some mint gum and it'll go.

For God's sake, Dad!

You scared me!

Good, wasn't it?

Hilarious.

It made me laugh.

I confiscated it this morning.

A student had it.

Why keep it?

You could have given it back.

Why do that? He'd just bring it back.

I'm going to get some air.

Sinan!

If you're going out,

fill the tank, we'll drive to the village tomorrow.

We can finish the well.

What's the rush? I'm just back.

I can't do it alone. I need a hand.

The tyres are flat, too.

What'll we do?

Inflate them a bit when you fill up.

That'll do a few days.

Ask Nazif to help you.

Here, take this.

- Will that cover it? - It'll have to.

It will. We can cut the engine going downhill.

Now lift! C'mon!

My foot!

What's your foot doing there?

Lift it when I tell you.

- But it won't budge. - Move.

Where's the end of the rope?

Here. Hold tight.

Pull!

You can see nothing in the dark.

You see this rock?

Take the rock and the rope.

Slip the rope under the rock.

Tie it off at the top

and slip it back under.

I'm trying to help and you don't give damn.

Not true.

I was just moving it so we didn't tread on it.

Listen.

I help despite my bad back and you mess about.

Dad, I came all the way from Çan. Sinan too.

A quick job but you take forever.

Dad, you can't finish a well without finding water.

Water?

Here?

You're really stubborn!

You know my field better than me?

Good God!

People laugh their asses off at these idiot schemes of yours!

Based on science, is it?

Your divining rod told you?

I've spent my life here.

And you know better if there's water here?

I agreed to help just to shut people up.

And you screw up again.

Why do you employ that retard Ahmet?

Everyone's laughing at you.

Because he was free.

I paid him, too. Unlike the others.

You could have built a building in this time.

If I was you, I'd keep quiet.

What an idea!

Find water

and turn the place green!

Grandad, wait! Where are you going?

There are frogs but no water? Where's your brain?

Forget it. He can't hear you.

I know. I'm taking advantage of that.

Why did he come?

- Did you ask him? - No.

It's him.

He hovers above me like the sword of Damocles.

Arap!

Are you sleeping?

I hate leaving you with him, but I've no choice just now.

Just hang in there.

I'll be retiring soon.

Then we'll be together here.

- What are we doing now? - Huh?

Now?

We'll do it better ourselves.

They think it's about brute force.

What are you doing, Grandad?

Don't lift that with your back!

Fucking weasels!

They never stop pestering us.

We used to shoot them for their pelts.

Nobody cares now.

Doesn't the dog help?

Your dad's dog? No chance.

These shits choke the chickens, suck their blood

and carry off what's left.

Like vampires?

Why did you run off? It wasn't the frog.

Of course not.

He pisses me off.

Why let him? Just don't give a damn.

It's hard not to get annoyed.

He's only amusing himself. He'll never finish.

So leave him to it.

Take it easy.

Let him have his fun. And have fun too.

When he was a baby we forgot him sleeping in a field.

We found him covered in ants.