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AHA Movie Group
Date/Time
Date(s) - 11/13/2024
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
This program has rich discussions on the movies selected each month by facilitator Barbara Brennan. If you enjoy movies, we encourage you to be a part of the group. Check out this month’s movies below. Join the group and be a part of the fun!
THE MONK AND THE GUN – Amazon. 94% Rotten Tomatoes. The Monk and the Gun is a 2023 drama film directed, written and co-produced by Pawo Choyning Dorji, and starring Tandin Wangchuk, Deki Lhamo, Pema Zangmo Sherpa, Tandin Sonam, Harry Einhorn, Choeying Jatsho, Tandin Phubz, Yuphel Lhendup Selden and Kelsang Choejay. It is an international co-production between Bhutan, Taiwan, France, the United States, and Hong Kong. Awards.
In 2006, as Bhutan prepares to hold its democratic election, Bhutanese government stages a mock election as a training exercise. In the town of Ura, an old lama instructs young monk Tashi to procure some firearms by way of preparation for the impending upheaval. Meanwhile, American visitor Ron Coleman arrives in the country to acquire for a weapons collector an antique rifle – which by chance falls into the monk’s hands
THE MATCH – Amazon. 70% Rotten Tomatoes. The Match is a 2020 Croatian-American sports historical drama directed by Dominik and Jakov Sedlar and starring Franco Nero, Armand Assante, and Caspar Phillipson. The film was inspired by true events which transpired in the spring of 1944 when the Nazis organized a football match between a team of camp inmates and an elite Nazi team on Adolf Hitler’s birthday. A match the prisoners are determined to win, no matter what happens. Awards.
This is a Zoom event and registration is required. Please be sure to register on AHA Hub or to the AHA office: 703.231.0824 or AHA@AtHomeInAlexandria.org.