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On the Way to School(Movie, 2008)

Original title: "İki Dil Bir Bavul" (Turkish/TR)
1h 21min | Genres: Documentary, Drama
On the Way to SchoolRating: 3.6/5 (with 1313 votes)
On the Way to School (Turkish: İki Dil Bir Bavul) is a 2008 Turkish documentary film directed by Orhan Eskiköy and Özgür Doğan. It has attracted 78,000 people in eight weeks, an impressive showing for a documentary. The film is an openhearted account of a young Turkish teacher during a school year in a Kurdish village in southeastern Turkey. ()
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About On the Way to School

One year in the life of a Turkish teacher, teaching the Turkish language to Kurdish children in a remote village in Turkey. The children can't speak Turkish, the teacher can't speak Kurdish and is forced to become an exile in his own country. On the Way to School is a film about a Turkish teacher who is alone in a village as an authority of the state, and about his interaction with the Kurdish children who have to learn Turkish. The film witnesses the communication problem emphasizing the loneliness of a teacher in a different community and culture; and the changes brought up by his presence into this different community during one year. The film chronicles one school year, starting from September 2007 until the departure of the teacher for summer holiday in June 2008. During this period, they begin to know and understand each other mutually and slowly.

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Additional Information

Production country: Turkey
Shot in: Şanlıurfa
Plays in: Demirci
Original language: Turkish (TR)
Spoken languages: Kurdish (KU), Turkish (TR)
Translated into 6 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), English (EN), Italian (IT), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 11/25/2008
Cast: Emre Aydın
Director: Özgür Doğan, Orhan Eskiköy
Screenwriter: Özgür Doğan, Orhan Eskiköy
Film Editor: Thomas Balkenhol
Director of Photography: Orhan Eskiköy
Keywords: education, school

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