No No Sleep vs On the Way to School

On the Way to School has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 6.1/10 for No No Sleep). No No Sleep is the shorter watch at 34m compared with 1h 21m. On the Way to School is the older of the two (2008 against 2015). Both are documentary, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

No No Sleep posterNo No Sleep2015 VS On the Way to School posterOn the Way to School2008
No No SleepOn the Way to School
Audience score★ 6.1/10★ 7.1/10
Year20152008
Length34m1h 21m
GenresDocumentary, DramaDocumentary, Drama
Country––
DirectorTsai Ming-liangOrhan Eskikoy, Ozgur Dogan
Main castMasanobu Ando, Lee Kang-shengEmre Aydin, Rojda Huz, Vehip Huz, Zulkuf Huz

Synopsis

No No Sleep

In the wee hours of winter a night train travels through a sleepless city. This is a panorama of a Buddhist monk’s journey through Tokyo at night. He also stops at a bath-house in a capsule hotel, where he makes a brief encounter.

On the Way to School

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…

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