The Pear Tree (Persian: درخت گلابی, romanized: Derakht-e-Golabi) is a 1998 Iranian drama film written and directed by Dariush Mehrjui with Homayoun Ershadi and Golshifteh Farahani in the lead.
[2] Mahmoud (Homayoun Ershadi) 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 at north of Tehran.
Seeing the Pear Tree, Mahmoud thinks about his past - his infatuation towards his 14-year-old female cousin known only as M (Golshifteh Farahani), his adolescent dreams, how that changed over the years.
The Pear Tree was met with highly positive reviews and considered as a majestic inclination of internalization of Iranian Cinema.