GGI The Hague Movie Club
The Girl Gone International The Hague Movie Club was started by Anna C. in October 2019 and has been kept in motion (pun intended) by different GGI Event Hosts since. These are all the movies we've watched and discussed!
❝Cinema can fill in the empty spaces of your life and your loneliness.❞ - Pedro Almodovar
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❝The aim of this GGI Movie Club is to watch a movie together in the cinema and discuss it afterwards. The idea is to bring our vision and understanding of the movie and discuss how this understanding varies from culture to culture. It is a good opportunity to spend time in a sociable and creative way!❞ - Anna C.
❝Cinema can fill in the empty spaces of your life and your loneliness.❞ - Pedro Almodovar
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❝The aim of this GGI Movie Club is to watch a movie together in the cinema and discuss it afterwards. The idea is to bring our vision and understanding of the movie and discuss how this understanding varies from culture to culture. It is a good opportunity to spend time in a sociable and creative way!❞ - Anna C.
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- DirectorShuming HeStarsYeo Jin-gooKang Hyoung-sukHan Yeo-reumA widow obsessed with Korean soap operas travels abroad for the first time in her life to Seoul and finds more than she had bargained for.24.05.2024 @ CinemAsia on Tour, Filmhuis Den Haag
GGI score: 8.3 ⭐️
GGI tagline: “When k-drama and real-life meet in a heart-felt rollercoaster, age does not matter when it comes to discovering yourself #dookielives” - DirectorThea SharrockStarsJessie BuckleyOlivia ColmanTimothy SpallWhen people in Littlehampton--including conservative local Edith--begin to receive letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime. Suspecting that something is amiss, the town's women investigate.15.04.2024 @ Pathé Buitenhof
GGI score: 8.8 ⭐️
GGI tagline: “Next level swearing bringing a post-war revolution of foxy *ss women together when lying goes to f-ing far” - DirectorRamata-Toulaye SyStarsKhady ManeMamadou DialloBinta Racine SyA young couple in Senegal must contend with the disapproval of their remote village.16.03.2024 @ Filmhuis Den Haag
GGI score: 7.7 ⭐️
GGI tagline: “Drowning in the sand: digging into a dreamy, dry obsession of a resilient girl's inflexible stubbornness impacting all relationships” - DirectorBlitz BazawuleStarsFantasia BarrinoTaraji P. HensonDanielle BrooksA woman faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.04.02.2024 @ Pathé Buitenhof
GGI score: 7.3 ⭐️
GGI tagline: “Unexpected colourful rendition of harsh reality, female empowerment starts in sisterhood and all trauma seems overcome when the women get to wear the (purple) pants” - DirectorSofia CoppolaStarsKirsten DunstJosh HartnettJames WoodsA group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents in suburban Detroit in the mid 1970s.23.01.2024 @ Filmhuis Den Haag
GGI score: 7.4 ⭐️
GGI tagline: “Timeless beautifully portrayed ominous suffocating family tragedy: how not to parent” - DirectorThaddeus O'SullivanStarsMaggie SmithLaura LinneyKathy BatesThere's just one dream for the women of Ballygar to taste freedom: to win a pilgrimage to the sacred French town of Lourdes.11.12.2023 @ Pathé Buitenhof
GGI score: 5.4 ⭐️
GGI tagline: “Compressed forgiveness: small town miracles just passing by” - DirectorVesela KazakovaMina MilevaStarsMaria BakalovaVesela KazakovaDiana SpasovaA family full of women in a society where "gender" is not a familiar word.26.11.2023 @ Eastern Neighbours Film Festival, Filmhuis Den Haag
GGI score: 6.7 ⭐️
GGI tagline: “Uncovering your power in trauma and instability: finding your autonomy & matriarchal voice in (still) a men's world” - DirectorCeline SongStarsGreta LeeTeo YooJohn MagaroNora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.25.10.2023 @ Filmhuis Den Haag
GGI score: 8.1 ⭐️
GGI tagline: “What if: unattainable love bubble over space, cultures and time” - DirectorGuy NattivStarsHelen MirrenZed JosefHenry GoodmanFocuses on the intensely dramatic and high-stakes responsibilities and decisions that Golda Meir, also known as the 'Iron Lady of Israel,' faced during the Yom Kippur War.25.09.2023 @ Pathé Buitenhof
GGI score: 7.6 ⭐️
GGI tagline: “When smoke settles we see an emphatic female leader: one-sided story told well.” - DirectorGreta GerwigStarsMargot RobbieRyan GoslingIssa RaeBarbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.10.08.2023 @ Pathé Buitenhof
GGI score: 7.8 ⭐️
GGI tagline: “Ruth's dream: Barbie realising she's more than (k)enough.” - DirectorMarta SavinaStarsClaudia GusmanoFabrizio FerracaneFrancesco ColellaA young woman in rural Italy of the 1960's is violently forced into marriage and fights for justice.04.07.2023 @ Filmhuis Den Haag
GGI score: 7.0 ⭐️
GGI tagline: “Silent drama in religious Sicilian village: 1 girl causing huge waves in the Italian law system” - DirectorRob MarshallStarsHalle BaileyJonah Hauer-KingMelissa McCarthyA young mermaid makes a deal with a sea witch to trade her beautiful voice for human legs so she can discover the world above water and impress a prince.14.06.2023 @ Pathé Spuimarkt
GGI score: 7.5 ⭐️
GGI tagline: “2.0 version of childhood fantasy” - DirectorNa GyiStarsPaing Phyo ThuEaindra Kyaw ZinLwin MoeTwo desperately ill women find solace in each other's company. They journey towards the fabled "sea of clouds" before dying, not knowing destiny has a twist in this eternal puzzle called life.13.05.2023 @ CinemAsia on tour, Filmhuis Den Haag
GGI score: 6.7 ⭐️
GGI tagline: “Live slow, die fast - a cheerful roadtrip in slow loving bubble” - DirectorMary NighyStarsAnna KendrickKaniehtiio HornCharlie CarrickA young woman trapped in an abusive relationship becomes the unwitting participant in an intervention staged by her two closest friends.04.04.2023 @ Pathé Buitenhof
GGI score: 8.0 ⭐️
GGI tagline: “Resurrection: friends matter when drowning in silence” - DirectorJeff KaufmanStarsOlivia ColmanAnn CurryShirin EbadiAn immersive portrait of one of the world's most courageous human rights activists and political prisoners, Nasrin Sotoudeh, and of Iran's remarkably resilient women's rights movement.10.03.2023 @ TransitieCinema, Het Koorenhuis
GGI score: 8.7 ⭐️
GGI tagline: “Intense and inspiring insights in daily activist familylife: powerful woman not giving up on a selfless unfair fight in extremities” - DirectorSarah PolleyStarsRooney MaraClaire FoyJessie BuckleyDo nothing, stay and fight, or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.19.02.2023 @ Pathé Buitenhof
GGI score: 8.2 ⭐️
GGI tagline: “Intellectual engaging barn discussion: politely showing women regaining the critical believe in themselves, empowering one another whilst holding space” - DirectorIdan HaguelStarsShlomi BertonovAriel WolfLena FraifeldCenters around Ben, a politically liberal, gay man who tries to improve his neighborhood in the slums of south Tel Aviv by planting a tree on his street.16.01.2023 @ Filmhuis Den Haag
GGI score: 6.9 ⭐️
GGI tagline: “Shallow, out-of-touch citizen with good intentions, until it becomes too close to home” - DirectorDina DumaStarsAntonija BelazelkoskaMia GiraudMarija JancevskaThe friendship of two adolescent girls is threatened the moment they have to face the dire repercussions of their manipulative behaviour.27.11.2022 @ Eastern Neighbours Film Festival, Filmhuis Den Haag
- DirectorJason LoftusStarsHenry GuoShi JianYu FengFalun Gong practitioners were persecuted in China, they tried to tell the truth but they were kidnapped, some Falun Gong practitioners died.09.10.2022 @ Movies That Matter on Tour, Filmhuis Den Haag
- DirectorOlivia NewmanStarsDaisy Edgar-JonesTaylor John SmithHarris DickinsonA woman who raised herself in the marshes of the Deep South becomes a suspect in the murder of a man with whom she was once involved.18.08.2022 @ Pathé Buitenhof - crossover with GGI The Hague Book Club
- DirectorDaniel KwanDaniel ScheinertStarsMichelle YeohStephanie HsuJamie Lee CurtisA middle-aged Chinese immigrant is swept up into an insane adventure in which she alone can save existence by exploring other universes and connecting with the lives she could have led.24.07.2022 @ Pathé Buitenhof
- DirectorMaria SadowskaStarsPiotr AdamczykMagdalena BoczarskaKarolina GruszkaMichalina Wislocka, the most famous and recognized sexologist of communist Poland, fights for the right to publish her book, which will change the sex life of Polish people forever.22.06.2022 @ Café Emma (watch on Netflix)
- DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsAlana HaimCooper HoffmanSean PennThe story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.27.03.2022 @ Pathé Buitenhof
- DirectorAdam McKayStarsLeonardo DiCaprioJennifer LawrenceMeryl StreepTwo low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn humankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.21.02.2022 @ Murphy’s Law (watch on Netflix)
- DirectorMaggie GyllenhaalStarsOlivia ColmanJessie BuckleyDakota JohnsonA woman's beach vacation takes a dark turn when she begins to confront the troubles of her past.28.01.2022 @ ZOOM (watch on Netflix)
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsBenicio Del ToroAdrien BrodyTilda SwintonA love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional twentieth century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in "The French Dispatch Magazine".20.11.2021 @ Pathé Buitenhof
- DirectorNir BergmanStarsShai AviviNoam ImberSmadi WolfmanAharon raises autistic son Uri in isolation. Facing possibility of Uri living in specialized home, Aharon runs away with Uri on road trip, unwilling for separation from his son.10.10.2021 @ Movies That Matter on Tour, Concordia CC/Filmhuis Den Haag
- DirectorEmma DanteStarsAlissa Maria OrlandoSusanna PirainoAnita PomarioMaria, Pinuccia, Lia, Katia and Antonella are five sisters who live in an apartment in Palermo. When Antonella accidentally dies, the sisters' relationships are turned upside down for the rest of their lives.19.08.2021 @ Expat Night, Pathé Buitenhof
- DirectorAli TabriziStarsAli TabriziRichard O'BarryLucy TabriziPassionate about ocean life, a filmmaker sets out to document the harm that humans do to marine species - and uncovers alarming global corruption.08.06.2021 @ ZOOM (watch on Netflix)
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsMeryl StreepTom HanksSarah PaulsonA cover-up spanning four U.S. Presidents pushes the country's first female newspaper publisher and her editor to join an unprecedented battle between press and government.17.05.2021 @ ZOOM (watch on Netflix)
- DirectorJérémy ClapinStarsHakim FarisVictoire Du BoisPatrick d'AssumçaoA story of Naoufel, a young man who is in love with Gabrielle. In another part of town, a severed hand escapes from a dissection lab, determined to find its body again.17.05.2021 @ ZOOM (watch on Netflix)
- DirectorRadha BlankStarsRadha BlankPeter KimOswin BenjaminRadha is a down-on-her-luck NY playwright, who is desperate for a breakthrough before 40. Reinventing herself as rapper RadhaMUSPrime, she vacillates between the worlds of Hip Hop and theater in order to find her true voice.24.03.2021 @ ZOOM (watch on Netflix)
- DirectorKornél MundruczóStarsVanessa KirbyShia LaBeoufEllen BurstynWhen a young mother's home birth ends in unfathomable tragedy, she begins a year-long odyssey of mourning that fractures relationships with loved ones in this deeply personal story of a woman learning to live alongside her loss.15.02.2021 @ ZOOM (watch on Netflix)
- DirectorFernando MeirellesStarsJonathan PryceAnthony HopkinsJuan MinujínBehind Vatican walls, the conservative Pope Benedict XVI and the liberal future Pope Francis must find common ground to forge a new path for the Catholic Church.14.01.2021 @ ZOOM (watch on Netflix)
- DirectorGillian ArmstrongStarsSusan SarandonWinona RyderKirsten DunstThe March sisters live and grow in post-Civil War America.22.12.2020 @ ZOOM (watch on Netflix)
- DirectorOliver HirschbiegelStarsBruno GanzAlexandra Maria LaraUlrich MatthesTraudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.12.11.2020 @ ZOOM (watch on Netflix)
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsBen AffleckRosamund PikeNeil Patrick HarrisWith his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.03.09.2020 @ Home Food & Drinks (watch on Netflix)
- DirectorJean-Marc ValléeStarsMatthew McConaugheyJennifer GarnerJared LetoIn 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.19.08.2020 @ ZOOM (watch via free trial period on Cinetree)
- DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsMichael KeatonZach GalifianakisEdward NortonA washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.25.06.2020 @ ZOOM (watch on Netflix)
- DirectorNana EkvtimishviliSimon GroßStarsIa ShugliashviliMerab NinidzeBerta KhapavaA woman separates from her family after 52 years in a multi-generational Georgian household to begin her own adventure. To the shock of her relatives, she leaves everything behind to start again.11.06.2020 @ ZOOM (watch on Netflix)
- DirectorSaid Reza AdibDouglas F. HermanA portrait made by refugees that survived the Mediterranean crossing, also showing forensic experts dealing with the difficulties of identification of bodies and showing need for a global recognised system of human rights even after death.29.05.2020 @ ZOOM (watch free online screening of Movies That Matters via Pakhuis De Zwijger https://dezwijger.nl/programma/even-after-death)
- DirectorTerrence MalickStarsAugust DiehlValerie PachnerMaria SimonThe Austrian Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II.16.02.2020 @ Pathé Buitenhof
- DirectorNoah BaumbachStarsAdam DriverScarlett JohanssonJulia GreerNoah Baumbach's incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together.01.12.2019 @ Filmhuis Den Haag
- DirectorJoël KarekeziStarsAbby Mukiibi NkaagaCédrick Mbongo MbuluNsereko Mazinga HenryThe Mercy of the jungle is a road movie that deals with wars in Congo through the eyes of two lost soldiers in the jungle by showcasing their struggle, weakness and hope.19.10.2019 @ iAfrica Film Festival, Filmhuis Den Haag