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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Like The Pear Tree, it uses a rural Iranian landscape and patient observation to turn an outsider's pause from ordinary life into a quietly reflective meditation on time and longing.
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Why this pick
A deceptively simple, humane Iranian story with the same attentive feeling for everyday details, fleeting encounters, and emotions seen indirectly rather than explained.
03
Why this pick
Its modest rural quest and lucid visual simplicity echo the gentle, memory-soaked sensibility of The Pear Tree, finding moral and emotional weight in small actions.
04
Why this pick
This observant Tehran odyssey shares an interest in subjective experience and everyday reality, with a restrained style that rewards close attention rather than dramatic plotting.
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Why this pick
Mehrjui again builds rich feeling from ordinary domestic pressures, balancing warmth, social observation, and understated character detail rather than pushing melodrama.
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01 / THE STORY
Mahmoud is suffering from writer's block and he is unable to continue the book he is currently working upon. He decides to take a break from his routine life and plans to visit his family's rural estate that is situated north of Tehran. He also intends to complete his book during this visit. While at the estate, Mahmoud's attention is brought to the old Pear Tree that is situated behind the estate by the old gardener of the estate. Seeing the Pear Tree, Mahmoud thinks about his past - his infatuation with his 14-year-old female cousin known only as M, his adolescent dreams, and how that changed over the years.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
M
Mahmoud
