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MFAH Film Spotlight on World Cinema: Taiwan - The Fourth Portrait (Di si zhang hua)

Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium

December 4, 2011

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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents Spotlight on World Cinema: Taiwan. Building on the success of Cape No. 7 – which screened at the MFAH in July 2009 – and to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of China on Taiwan, these three new films demonstrate the energy and reinvention of the contemporary era Taiwanese film.

The Fourth Portrait
Di si...

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The Fourth Portrait
Di si zhang hua
Directed by Chung Mong-hong
2010, in Mandarin and Hokkien with English subtitles
Taiwan
105 minutes

In an interesting detour from 2008’s delightfully quirky Parking, Chung Mong-hong’s second feature is the bittersweet study of ten-year-old Xiang.

In the tradition of Empire of the Sun, and The 400 Blows, Xiang faces a lonely future after his father dies, until his estranged mother unexpectedly shows up at the orphanage. But living with his mother and his brutal stepfather, Xiang has a fragile home environment at best. The perceptive and inquisitive boy finds comfort in drawing, which allows him to express his innermost thoughts.

The Fourth Portrait paints a picture of the life of a young boy struggling to find his place in a world of poverty and domestic violence.

Special thanks to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston (John Y. C. Chi, Director, Press Division) and MFAH film committee member Dr. Karen Fang for programming advice.

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Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium

1001 Bissonnet Street
Houston, TX 77006

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Tickets:

$7 General Admission
$6 Matinee Admission
$1 discount MFAH members, senior adults (55+), and students with ID
Free Children 5 and under
Free Film Buffs members
$60 Nonmember Discount Pass (10 admissions)
$55 MFAH member Discount Pass (10 admissions)
$3 Family Flicks Admission
$2 Family Flicks Admission for MFAH members and students with ID

Please note:
The MFAH Films box office accepts payment by cash, check, and credit card.

Tickets can be purchased in advance in three ways: online, in the museum lobbies, and at the box office.

The box office opens at 5:30 p.m. for weekend evening screenings and at least 30 minutes before show time for most other films.

Times:

Sun, Dec 4 6:00 PM

Phone: 713-639-7300

Parking:

Museum Parking Garage
Located directly east of the Beck and Law buildings, the MFAH Visitors Center features a four-story covered parking garage.

The easy-to-find parking entrance is on Binz, marked by a large, yellow arrow.

You're always protected from the elements when you park your car in the Museum Garage. From there, you can go to the Visitors Center lobby and find a ticketing desk and up-to-the minute museum information.

As an added convenience, you can enter the Beck and Law buildings from the Visitors Center through security-monitored, climate-controlled tunnels connecting all three buildings.

Accessibility Info: Currently, no accessibility information is available for this event.

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