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On the Way to School (2008)
Boring film, NOT dealing with people & problems deeply
The idea was good but the film did not deal or show well known problems deeply. It just mentions and by-passes every important issue. Moreover, the director does not show us the characters in detail, not even the teacher. There is only one scene with snow in the entire film, but it is too little for the harsh winters of south-east of Turkey. There are some wonderful photographic scenes and views, but the film could be much better if it shows us the people and problems with more detail. It just shows us the communication problems of a Turkish teacher with the Kurdish students. (This is not a spoiler as it also writes in the first sentence of the Storyline: One year in the life of a Turkish teacher, teaching the Turkish language to Kurdish children in a remote village in Turkey) So there is nothing more to say about this film.
Sonbahar (2008)
Sonbahar is NOT political, has few things to say, so it's very slow
The writer & director tries to make a movie like Andrei Tarkovsky or Nuri Bilge Ceylan. But the film contains very few things to say, very few things to show. That's why it is very slow. In the movie characters are so bored that, they don't even talk. There is only 2 beautiful photographic scenes, but it does not worth to be bored for 90 minutes. I have read the comments about Sonbahar (Autumn) in IMDb before I watch it, but I can not see any political views in the movie. The main character was in jail for his political activities, but the film starts after he was set free and there are no political views or arguments in the film. I cannot say a film is political, when it contains criticism of the system/government only in 2 or 3 dialogs.