The Pear Tree (1998)
Genre : Romance, Drama
Runtime : 1H 35M
Director : Dariush Mehrjui
Writer : Goli Taraghi
Synopsis
A man contemplates life and compares it to a pear tree in his yard which stops producing fruit.
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