On the Way to School vs Welcome to São Paulo

On the Way to School has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 6.6/10 for Welcome to São Paulo). On the Way to School is the shorter watch at 1h 21m compared with 1h 36m. Welcome to São Paulo is the older of the two (2004 against 2008). Both are documentary, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

On the Way to School posterOn the Way to School2008 VS Welcome to São Paulo posterWelcome to São Paulo2004
On the Way to SchoolWelcome to São Paulo
Audience score★ 7.1/10★ 6.6/10
Year20082004
Length1h 21m1h 36m
GenresDocumentary, DramaDocumentary, Drama
Country––
DirectorOrhan Eskikoy, Ozgur DoganAmos Gitai, Caetano Veloso
Main castEmre Aydin, Rojda Huz, Vehip Huz, Zulkuf HuzCaetano Veloso

Synopsis

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…

Welcome to São Paulo

All the feature is given prestige to by the narration in Caetano Veloso's voice, that also signs one of the segments of the project. São Paulo is the largest city of the Southern Hemisphere, with an incessant dynamics of cultural mixtures, with immigrants of all the world and migrants of all parts of Brazil. The gathering of these peculiarities are seen through the 13 film directors's sensibilities and their segments.

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