On the Way to School
7.3
These children live in the four corners of the earth, but share the same thirst for learning. They understand that only education will allow them a better future and that is why, every day, they must set out on the long and perilous journey that will lead them to knowledge. Jackson and his younger sister from Kenya walk 15 kilometres each way through a savannah populated by wild animals; Carlito rides more than 18 kilometres twice a day with his younger sister, across the plains of Argentina; Zahira lives in the Moroccan Atlas Mountains who has an exhausting 22 kilometres walk along punishing mountain paths before she reaches her boarding school; Samuel from India sits in a clumsy DIY wheelchair and the 4 kilometres journey is an ordeal each day, as his two younger brothers have to push him all the way to school…
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Pascal Plisson Director · Marie-Claire Javoy Writer Laurent Ferlet Composer
Worldwide gross $7.4K · United States release February 6, 2015 · Produced in France
Box office
Worldwide gross
$7,424
Production
Ymagis
Production
Winds
Production
Hérodiade
Production
France•5
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TV Escola
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RTVC - Sistema de Medios Públicos
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ETV
Production
France
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Original title
Sur le chemin de l'école
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Switzerland · August 17, 2013
Digital
France · September 25, 2013
Theatrical
United States · February 6, 2015
Limited theatrical
France
April 23, 2014 · Physical · DVD
September 4, 2017 · TV · France•5
October 27, 2025 · Digital · France•tv
October 27, 2025 · TV · Culturebox (France•4)
Germany
December 5, 2013 · Theatrical
Hungary
April 9, 2015 · Digital
Italy
September 26, 2013 · Theatrical
Japan
April 12, 2014 · Digital
Spain
January 23, 2015 · Theatrical
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