On the Way to School Page #5

Synopsis: 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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IMDB:
7.5
Year:
2008
81 min
91 Views


- H-he a-a-ate...

...w- wal-n-nuts.

- What did he eat?

- What did he eat? - Malnuts.

- What did he eat?

- Malnuts.

- What did he eat?

Malnuts.

Malnuts.

Read this properly.

What does it say there?

Maln... Malnut.

Maln... Malnut.

- M-mal...

- Can you see an 'm' there?

Read it properly.

M- mal... Mal-nu...

Malnuts.

- Walnuts. - Right. He ate

walnuts, didn't he? - Yes.

What are walnuts?

Do you know what walnuts are?

- No. - This thing in his paw is a

walnut. Look, there. Okay?

- Did you understand?

What's in his paw? - A walnut.

- What did he eat?

- Walnuts.

- Is everyone here?

- Yes.

Okay kids, your school

reports are here.

As you can see.

Thank you.

Summer holiday is starting today.

You know that, don't you? - Yes.

It's the end of school. But of course

I'll be coming back next year.

Okay. Let's get started on

this report business.

Rojda! Rojda, come here.

What are you up to this summer?

- Class work, books, study.

- Good, girl.

- You're going to write. - A story.

- Hasan's your big brother, isn't he? - Yes.

- Keep pestering him to make you read.

- Okay. - Okay? I'm sure you can do that.

Okay? Here you are.

Conguralations

Zlkf Yldrm.

Kiss my hand. Go on.

Hold my hand.

Hold it!

You have to hold it!

Here.

Now kiss it.

Kiss it!

Put it up to your forehead.

Well done.

You did it, Zlkf.

Zlkf! Are you going to

read this summer?

- No.

- What do you mean 'no'?

What are you going to do then?

What will you do in the summer?

- Aren't you going to read books?

- Yes.

- You're going to read, won't you? - Yes.

- You're going to write, won't you? - Yes.

When I come back next year,

you're not to forget any of this.

- Okay?

- Okay.

If you do forget, these ears

will grow all the way to the ceiling.

- Okay.

- Okay? - Okay.

Here you are.

Go.

Turkish:
5-5-5.

Mathematics:
4-5-5.

Good for you! Thank you,

boss! Well done!

Well done, Zlkf.

Your marks are all good.

You've done very well.

Okay?

Keep working hard...

...to continue to do well.

Dad! Rojda, Bingl and Nesra

all got bad reports.

They got bad reports

and yours was good, right?

Well done!

Didn't the teacher want...

...any money for the report?

- What? No.

The teacher said not to fold it!

The teacher said not to fold it.

- Don't fold it, he said.

- Put the report in his bag.

Teacher, give our regards

to your mother and father.

Thanks, I will.

- Take care of yourself.

- You take care of yourselves, too.

Goodbye, teacher!

- Goodbye, teacher! - Bye-bye!

- Goodbye, teacher!

I saw this rock.

I went over to it.

I touched it.

It turned out to be a snake.

- It was so enormous!

- When I touched it, it escaped.

- Was it green or black?

- It was black and white.

- Where did you see it?

- Under the bridge.

- I saw a green snake.

- You don't get green snakes.

- I swear I saw one!

- So did I. - Me too.

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