We invite you to our improvised cinema to watch classics and hidden gems from the Mediterranean!

Cinema is an effective medium for language learning, offering rich insights into the culture of a country or region. That’s why our school hosts an annual Cineforum, a series of film screenings designed for all those who love and want to discover more about Mediterranean languages and cultures.

Every month, we create a cozy cinema and watch a film in one of the Taalhuis languages around a theme. The theme of this season is ‘woman’, and we will watch women’s stories from around the Mediterranean basin and the Netherlands.

Each film is in its original language with English subtitles, and there is a brief introduction to help you enjoy the film even more. We close the evening with a borrel in our café, where you can discuss the film with other film and language lovers (or just enjoy a drink).

This month, it’s the Netherlands’ turn, and we’ll watch Antonia’s Line by Marleen Gorris (1995).

Saturday 11 October 2025, 19:00-22:00
Gerard Doustraat 220
Ticket: €17,5 (The ticket price includes one free drink.)

Program
19:00 – Introduction
19:15 – Film
21:00 – Drinks

About the film
Original title: Antonia
Director: Marleen Gorris
Year: 1995
Duration: 1h 42m
Language: Dutch
Subtitles: English

The fates of three generations of women in the Dutch countryside in the late 1940s and early 1990s. We follow a mother and daughter as they return to their home village to care for the dying matriarch. Interwoven with their stories are the stories of the villagers who, for better or worse, will shape the destinies of our protagonists.

The small community lost in the countryside becomes a representation of society as a whole, and the heroines of this story will have to assert their wills and desires, sometimes with the support and solidarity of unlikely members of this community, and sometimes to oppose and fight until the final catharsis.