On the Way to School (2008)
- Original title
- İki Dil Bir Bavul
- Directed by
- Özgür Doğan, Orhan Eskiköy
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Turkey
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 35 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young Turkish teacher spends a school year in a remote Kurdish village. He faces the challenge of teaching children who do not speak his language while navigating cultural differences and loneliness.
gentleobservantmelancholicintimatequietearnestslow-paced
What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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