一年级生

对于马鲁格（奥利弗· 李多度 Oliver Litondo 饰）来说，学习是一生中最让他感到幸福的事情，然而，已经84岁高龄的他再也不可能重温曾经课堂上的快乐时光了。肯尼亚推行的免费教育政策让马鲁格看到了新的希望，他希望能够成为众多受益的学生中的一员。 　　马鲁格的执着和热情感动了 教师珍（娜奥米·哈里斯 Naomie Harris 饰）却没能感动校方人员和广大家长，对于这样一个退役军人在一群小孩子的包围下重返课堂，反对的呼声统一而响亮。与此同时，珍也因为自己支持马鲁格的行为而受到了惩罚。看到帮助自己的善良人遭受了不公平的待遇，愤怒的马鲁格决定绝不屈服，他要向刻板的政府提出挑战。Set in a mountain village in Kenya the film tells the remarkable true and uplifting story of a proud old Mau Mau veteran who is determined to seize his last chance to learn to read and write - and so ends up joining a class alongside six year-olds. Together he and his young teacher face fierce resistance, but ultimately they win through - and also find a new way of overcoming the burdens of the colonial past.