From the empty steps of Russia’s tundra, the luxurious tropical forests of south-west China or the scorching sun of central India, this film follows several children from ordinary families as they are going to school.

Abdul, the Devi sisters, Jiaojiao and Stanislas are the heroes of ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL, a feature-length adventure documentary about those young schoolchildren forced to surmount a multitude of obstacles in order to get to school.  On taking their amazing paths that lead to learning, they will leave childhood behind and begin a journey fraught with pitfalls and surprises.

This film is the story of a voyage of initiation that will change their lives.