Part of MFAH's "Jazz on Film" series $9 General admission $10 Admission per ticket for film festivals presented at the MFAH $2 discount: MFAH members, students with ID, seniors (65+) Free: Children 5 and younger The MFAH Films box office accepts payment by credit card. Tickets may be purchased in advance in three ways: online, via ticket links on mfah.org/calendar or mfah.org/film pages; in the MFAH lobbies during Museum hours; and at the box office prior to screenings. The box office opens an hour before showtime. In order to allow as many people as possible to be seated on time, staff may need to refrain from printing multiple advance tickets within the hour of a posted film screening. Join Film Buffs, the Museum’s patron group, and receive at least 10 free admissions to MFAH films, plus discounted admission thereafter. The MFAH has two theaters: Brown Auditorium Theater in the Law Building (1001 Bissonnet Street) and the Lynn Wyatt Theater in the Kinder Building (5500 Main Street).
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Directed by Claude Sautet
(France, 1960, 109 min., in French with English subtitles, digital restoration)
Saturday, July 13, 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, July 14, 5:00 p.m.
Brown Auditorium Theater
Claude Sautet’s first major feature stars Lino Ventura as Abel Davos, a wanted man in Italy, who stages a robbery in order to get money to relocate his family. As the losses mount and the noose tightens, Davos must decide when to call it quits. Also starring 26-year-old Jean-Paul Belmondo (straight from Breathless) and Sandra Milo. “A master-piece of the French gangster genre … A tough and touching exploration of honor and friendship among thieves.” – The New York Times