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Events

Paris Frills (Falbalas)

Date & Time

Sat. Mar. 07, 2026 7 PM-9 PM
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Location Main Campus | Law Building

Parking at Beck Garage
Drop off at Beck Building

Film Information

Theater Brown Auditorium Theater, 2K digital restoration
Directed by Jacques Becker
Year 1945
Length 111 minutes
Country France
Language French with English subtitles

Call for Questions 713-639-7531

Email Your Questions [email protected]

Events

Paris Frills (Falbalas)

Date & Time

Sat. Mar. 07, 2026 7 PM-9 PM
This event has passed

Location Main Campus | Law Building

Parking at Beck Garage
Drop off at Beck Building

Film Information

Theater Brown Auditorium Theater, 2K digital restoration
Directed by Jacques Becker
Year 1945
Length 111 minutes
Country France
Language French with English subtitles
Complement your visit to the exhibition Louvre Couture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston with this 1945 film about a womanizing dress designer (Raymond Rouleau) who falls in love with his best friend’s fiancée.  
 
“[Falbalas was] directed the way that [one] should make fashion—somebody in action, making the clothes, doing the fittings, having a muse. It was a very good portrait of the profession.” —Jean Paul Gaultier, fashion designer
 
Tickets
  • $9 general admission; $7 MFAH members, students with ID, seniors (65+)
Plan Your Visit

Call for Questions 713-639-7531

Email Your Questions [email protected]

Underwriting for the Film Department is provided by Tenaris and American Friends of Fundacion Proa Inc., The Robert Frank Foundation, Nina and Michael Zilkha, Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Houston, Laurence P. Unger and Ben Hobratsch, and the Vaughn Foundation.
 
Generous funding is provided by the Foundation for Independent Media Arts; Lois Chiles; Franci Neely; Carrin Patman and Jim Derrick; and ILEX Foundation.