It has attracted 78,000 people in eight weeks, an impressive showing for a documentary.

The film is an openhearted account of a young Turkish teacher during a school year in a Kurdish village in southeastern Turkey.

Film production began in September 2007 and was completed in June 2008.

[2] The film debuted number five in the Turkish box office chart and has made a total gross of $399,581.

[2] The film was photographed mostly in Demirci village which is in Şanlıurfa, Turkey.