• 2009
  • 1h 21m
On the Way to School

Summary 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. View more details

  • 2009
  • 1h 21m

On the Way to School

Directed : Özgür Dogan Orhan Eskiköy

Written : Unknown

Stars : Emre Aydin Ersin Büyükgöl Birgül Huz Devran Huz

All cast & crew

7.4

Details

Genres : Drama Documentary

Release date : Oct 22, 2009

Countries of origin : Netherlands Turkey

Official sites : Official site

Language : Turkish Kurdish

Filming locations : Sanliurfa, Turkey

Production companies : Pieter Van Huystee Film and Television Bulut Film Perisan Film

Summary 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. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama Documentary

Release date : Oct 22, 2009

Countries of origin : Netherlands Turkey

Official sites : Official site

Language : Turkish Kurdish

Filming locations : Sanliurfa, Turkey

Production companies : Pieter Van Huystee Film and Television Bulut Film Perisan Film

Photos

On the Way to School (2008)

This week's popular movies

Egusi Soup

0
No rating

Being Kosher

4.6
Mixed or average

Planeta Praha

7.3
Generally favorable

Circo

0
No rating

The My Hero Report: Youth Edition Ii

0
No rating

Northern Vietnam Is Cruel (or Travels in the Northern Vietnam with a Singing Chef)

0
No rating

A Message of Hope

0
No rating

Roman Kosher

0
No rating

At Fest

0
No rating

And What Remains

9.2
Universal Acclaim

This week's popular TV shows

Stalingrad

8.2
Generally favorable

Air Warriors

7.5
Generally favorable

Grænseland

8.2
Generally favorable

The Celts

8
Generally favorable

Dunkirk

7.2
Generally favorable

Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire

7.7
Generally favorable

Secrets of the Dead

7.9
Generally favorable

The Great War

7.1
Generally favorable

U kraya bezdny

9.4
Universal Acclaim

Secret Vatican Files: The Pope and the Devil

6.1
Generally favorable

Edit Focus

India: Matri Bhumi

India: Matri Bhumi

Several stories depicting the landscapes and fauna of India are mixed with documentary footage.

  • Movies
Lot Lizard

Lot Lizard

Lot Lizard is a feature documentary about truck stop sex workers in the United States.

  • Movies
Impulse: Playing with Reality

Impulse: Playing with Reality

A look inside the ADHD brain and how it processes information. Includes testimonies of four people on living with ADHD. Uses mixed reality to convey the ADHD perspective.

  • Movies
Faya Dayi

Faya Dayi

A spiritual journey into the highlands of Harar, immersed in the rituals of khat, a leaf Sufi Muslims chewed for centuries for religious meditations - and Ethiopia's most lucrative cash crop today.

  • Movies
Civil War (or, Who Do We Think We Are)

Civil War (or, Who Do We Think We Are)

A journey across the United States to explore the story of the Civil War of Americans from President Obama's final year in office through the present.

  • Movies
Escaping Captivity: The Kara Robinson Story

Escaping Captivity: The Kara Robinson Story

When 15 year-old Kara Robinson is abducted in broad daylight, she plots her escape from a serial killer.

  • Movies
All Filters