I strongly believe that the main story of the film is Samet's longing for a pure and innocent love.
And that longing flourish itself on a young, smart and beautiful girl.
Samet knows the possibility of experiencing such a love will not come true. I think Samet's interest in Sevim throughout the movie, without resorting to sexuality, is the main subject of the movie.
Of course, you may think that the reason for not touching into sexuality is cowardice and taboo. Maybe so. But looking at Samet's immediate rejection of the commander's request to find him a wife, his passing of Nuray to his roommate, and his failure to remember that the ugly Kurdish girl was from his own class, I see that this is not a sexual hunger but an emotional hunger.
Of course, we can put on our 'Sigmund Freud' hat and say 'the origin of love is sexual desire'. It would also be true. However, looking at the fact that middle-aged Samet made love with Nuray just to gain superiority over his roommate, I came to the conclusion that he had feelings for Sevim mainly out of emotional motivation, not sexual motivation. He is smart enough not to make a move, but to wait for Sevim to make the first move.
Samet, who could not find someone for himself in the big city life and realized that the so-called soul mate is a lie and false dream, throws all his dreams and old disappointments on Sevim's shoulder. He is aware that this is an illusion, and that Sevim will make mistakes and get dirty as she grows up, just like him and other people. However, the hope that he has lost from his peers can find itself in a heart-warming, beautiful smile in a young girl.
The fact that he doesn't even remember the name of the ugly Kurdish girl, and the fact that the camera stays on the ugly girl for 0.5 seconds and pans to Sevim in the last scene are short but striking details. Sevim is more beautiful and coquettish than her classmates. I think this made her stand out in Samet's eyes in the monotony of the eastern geography.
I also want to criticize the movie, mainly for Nuri Bilge's shallow look at Turkish politics. He always did hide behind safe doors without talking about any of the matters in public. While people getting jailed and kicked out of from their jobs, he remained loyal to Turkish government so he could get funding for his movies.
So I am not buying whatever he has to say about Turkish left wing. He can't understand what these people have been thorough.
However, his ability to tell the story of middle aged man's love and desire to an under age girl struck me in a certain way. I mean, I never expected this much honesty and risk-taking to come from NBC. The wild pear tree struck me from the beginning to the end with the overall quality of the movie, but this movie hit me from a different place.
Even though I wanted to criticize the movie a little more, the thing that remains in my memory most strongly after half an hour of watching it is the fact that NBC is one of the best directors alive today.
And that longing flourish itself on a young, smart and beautiful girl.
Samet knows the possibility of experiencing such a love will not come true. I think Samet's interest in Sevim throughout the movie, without resorting to sexuality, is the main subject of the movie.
Of course, you may think that the reason for not touching into sexuality is cowardice and taboo. Maybe so. But looking at Samet's immediate rejection of the commander's request to find him a wife, his passing of Nuray to his roommate, and his failure to remember that the ugly Kurdish girl was from his own class, I see that this is not a sexual hunger but an emotional hunger.
Of course, we can put on our 'Sigmund Freud' hat and say 'the origin of love is sexual desire'. It would also be true. However, looking at the fact that middle-aged Samet made love with Nuray just to gain superiority over his roommate, I came to the conclusion that he had feelings for Sevim mainly out of emotional motivation, not sexual motivation. He is smart enough not to make a move, but to wait for Sevim to make the first move.
Samet, who could not find someone for himself in the big city life and realized that the so-called soul mate is a lie and false dream, throws all his dreams and old disappointments on Sevim's shoulder. He is aware that this is an illusion, and that Sevim will make mistakes and get dirty as she grows up, just like him and other people. However, the hope that he has lost from his peers can find itself in a heart-warming, beautiful smile in a young girl.
The fact that he doesn't even remember the name of the ugly Kurdish girl, and the fact that the camera stays on the ugly girl for 0.5 seconds and pans to Sevim in the last scene are short but striking details. Sevim is more beautiful and coquettish than her classmates. I think this made her stand out in Samet's eyes in the monotony of the eastern geography.
I also want to criticize the movie, mainly for Nuri Bilge's shallow look at Turkish politics. He always did hide behind safe doors without talking about any of the matters in public. While people getting jailed and kicked out of from their jobs, he remained loyal to Turkish government so he could get funding for his movies.
So I am not buying whatever he has to say about Turkish left wing. He can't understand what these people have been thorough.
However, his ability to tell the story of middle aged man's love and desire to an under age girl struck me in a certain way. I mean, I never expected this much honesty and risk-taking to come from NBC. The wild pear tree struck me from the beginning to the end with the overall quality of the movie, but this movie hit me from a different place.
Even though I wanted to criticize the movie a little more, the thing that remains in my memory most strongly after half an hour of watching it is the fact that NBC is one of the best directors alive today.