On the Way to School
2008 · 81 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 3,198 VOTES · DIR. Orhan Eskikoy, Ozgur Dogan
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 641 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:08 Subtitles by e. ka�ar
00:06:08 How are you? I fine thank you and you?
00:08:02 Went to tomato.
00:11:22 Sit down.
00:13:17 Your father?
00:15:01 ...we gonna make some rules for classroom.
00:17:57 Go to by the garbage. Canan!
00:19:58 bee! Bee!
00:21:30 Bell. You silence.
00:24:16 Come here, I will open.
00:29:00 Not behind. Go on here.
00:31:24 Yes, you don’t understand anything?
00:34:14 What is this? L.
00:37:25 I gonna talk about students with you.
00:40:18 Let’s see wishbone is nice. Mine or yours?
00:44:02 Thank you for yesterday, you helped her...
00:45:57 Ok. Yes, Turkish become foreign language, I accept that.
00:50:47 Can we make apple?
00:54:23 I said no Kurdish. What I said to you?
00:59:07 Do you have a family? No. How no?
01:03:09 Yes, are you got it.
01:05:26 a gift to the Turkish existence.
01:09:55 Look this is the walnut. ok.
01:13:28 Bravo!