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MFAH Film Premieres: The Mill and the Cross

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

January 7-January 14, 2012

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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents MFAH Film Premieres. Enjoy these critically acclaimed, award-winning international films as they make their Houston debut!

The Mill and the Cross
Directed by Lech Majewski
2011
Poland/Sweden
92 minutes

Renaissance painter and printmaker Pieter Bruegel (1525–1569) was renowned for his landscapes and peasant...

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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents MFAH Film Premieres. Enjoy these critically acclaimed, award-winning international films as they make their Houston debut!

The Mill and the Cross
Directed by Lech Majewski
2011
Poland/Sweden
92 minutes

Renaissance painter and printmaker Pieter Bruegel (1525–1569) was renowned for his landscapes and peasant scenes. His masterpiece The Way to Calvary imagines the story of Christ’s Passion set in Flanders under brutal Spanish occupation in 1564, the very year in which Bruegel created his painting.

The Mill and the Cross gives life to the painting by focusing on a dozen characters whose stories unfold and intertwine in a panoramic landscape populated by villagers and red-caped horsemen. Acclaimed Polish artist and filmmaker Lech Wajewski worked closely with computer graphics artists to create and manipulate imagery drawn from Bruegel’s paintings into vivid tableaux.

The film stars Rutger Hauer as Bruegel, Michael York, and Charlotte Rampling as the inspiration for the Virgin Mary.

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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:

Sat, Jan 7 at 7:00 PM
Sun, Jan 8 at 5:00 PM
Fri, Jan 13 at 7:00 PM
Sat, Jan 14 at 7:00 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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