On the Way to School Page #2

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
78 Views


- Zilkif, he's asking your name.

- Zilkif.

There you go.

Never mind. Okay.

Go back to your place.

Now what are we going

to do, kids? Let's start today...

...by making our classroom rules.

I don't want you to

speak Kurdish in classroom.

Why not? Because all our

lessons are in Turkish.

If you speak Kurdish,

I won't understand you.

Okay?

So, let's not speak Kurdish in class.

Let's try to speak in Turkish.

Because you will stay

eight years at school...

...and all lessons will be in Turkish.

So, please don't speak in Kurdish

at the classroom, okay?

It's really exhausting, mum.

Yes, they showed up.

Not all of them but

more than half of them came.

It's hard dealing with

all the kids at once.

The first-year students

came today.

They can't speak Turkish.

Whenever I say something

it's like I'm wasting my time.

They don't understand a word.

How am I supposed to teach them?

They just stare at me.

They just sit there staring and

they don't understand a thing.

Damn it! The line's gone dead.

Is this your first day?

No, is this the first time

you're coming to school?

- Are you a first-year student, too?

- Canan.

Okay, Canan. Sit down.

Nedret, look after her too.

Teacher, I need a pencil sharpener...

...a rubber.

- What's up now?

- She wants to sharpen her pencil.

- You want to sharpen your pencil?

Okay, go on.

Sharpen your pencil.

- Sharpener.

- A pencil sharpener. Here.

Leave your notebook there.

Do it over the rubbish bin.

The rubbish bin. It's over there.

Leave you notebook

and go to the bin.

Go to the bin.

Go on. Canan.

Come with me. Look, you have to

sharpen it over the bin, okay?

Go on then.

Can't you do?

Give it to me. I'll do it.

- I need to pee.

- I didn't hear. Shout.

- Say it again.

- I need to pee.

- You should say "Can I go to the toilet"?

- Can I go too-let?

- Toilet. - Too-let?

- Okay, you can go.

Devran, come here.

Here. Hold this.

There.

What's this? Others, be quiet.

What's this?

- What's this? - A horse.

- What's this? - A cow.

- Quiet! What's this?

- A cow.

No, it's not a cow.

What's this?

A bear.

- A bear.

- A bear!

Okay, off you go.

Zlkf, take off your bag.

Take it off.

Okay.

Come here.

What's this?

Be quiet!

- A butterfly.

- What's this?

- What's this?

- A butterfly.

In Turkish?

- What is this?

- Can I go to the toilet?

What? No, you can't.

What's this? A bee.

- A bee. - A bee.

- A bee. - Off you go.

What is this?

- Vehip, what's this? - What?

- What is this?

- An ear.

- It's not an ear.

- This is your ear.

- What is this? This is your ear, isn't it?

This is your ear.

What is this?

Zlkf, what's this?

What's this?

Cover your mouth!

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