Sign in with Facebook | Login | Create Account

Find an Event

Search by date range: Next: days

Do you have an event you'd like to have listed?

FILM

Home > FILM > MFAH Film Premiere: Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (Gainsbourg: Vie héroïque)

MFAH Film Premiere: Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (Gainsbourg: Vie héroïque)

Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Alliance Francaise de Houston (French Alliance) at Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium

December 15-December 18, 2011

Event Rating (0 votes)

Bookmark

expand to view more [+]

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents MFAH Film Premiere: Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (Gainsbourg: Vie héroïque), in French with English subtitles. The MFAH is the exclusive venue to premiere Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life in Houston, showing the weekend of Dec. 15-18. The film is a compelling biopic of Serge Gainsbourg, a man the New York Times hails as “an indelible, unavoidable figure in French culture in the postwar years … equal parts icon and iconoclast, [who] shocked respectable opinion even as he seemed to embody the contradictory moods of his era.” The Friday-night screening will include a short documentary presented by Patrice Vanoni and a festive holiday reception.

Taking the best from La vie en rose and Amélie, renowned comic book artist Joann Sfar’s Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life is a completely original take on one of France’s greatest mavericks, the illustrious and infamous Jewish singer-songwriter, Serge Gainsbourg (Eric Elmosnino).

Born Lucien Ginsburg to Russian-Jewish parents, Sfar follows him from his precocious childhood in Nazi-occupied Paris, to his beginnings as small time jazz musician and finally pop superstar. Along the way he romances many of the era’s most beautiful women, including Juliette Greco (Anna Mouglalis), Brigitte Bardot (Laetitia Casta) and Jane Birkin (Lucy Gordon).

Employing a witty surrealistic style and a soundtrack that includes many of the musician’s greatest hits, Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life is a quintessential time capsule to 1960s Paris.

Winner – Best Actor (Eric Elmosnino) – 2011 Cesar Awards
Winner – Best First Film (Joann Sfar) – 2011 Cesar Awards
Winner – Best Actor (Eric Elmosnino) – 2010 Tribeca Film Festival

Friday, December 16 only: Gainsbourg: Exterior Night (Gainsbourg: Extérieur Nuit); directed by Patrice Vanoni; (France, 1984, 28 min., French with English translation provided)

Friday, December 16, 8:15 p.m.
A holiday reception in the museum galleries follows the screening

To complement the museum’s premiere of the biopic Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life, this short documentary will be presented by Patrice Vanoni. Currently the Cultural Attaché at the Consulate General of France in Houston, Patrice Vanoni’s early career included working in French film and television. In this portrait produced for the television channel TF1, the camera crew follows the rambunctious Serge Gainsbourg on a night on the town, from dinner at La Tour d’Argent to various clubs and hotspots - including Le bar du Ritz, a clandestine Poker room with his beautiful date, Bambou. Evoking the glamour and excitement of Paris after hours, the film is a candid and personal portrait of the legendary performer.

Cosponsored by the Consulate General of France in Houston and the Alliance Française of Houston.

collapse [-]

Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Brown Auditorium

1001 Bissonnet Street
Houston, TX 77006

Full map and directions

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:

~~Thu, Dec 15 7:00 PM~~ A NOTE FROM THE MFAH: The Thursday, Dec. 15 showing of the Gainsbourg film is at 8 p.m. (not at 7 p.m. as originally noted). Our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

Fri, Dec 16 6:00 PM
Sat, Dec 17 7:00 PM
Sun, Dec 18 5:00 PM

Friday, December 16 only: Gainsbourg: Exterior Night (Gainsbourg: Extérieur Nuit);
Friday, December 16, 8:15 p.m.
A holiday reception in the museum galleries follows the screening

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.

Official Website