Five Funny French Films
May 9–11, 2025
Don’t miss the 13th edition of this celebration of the uniquely French sense of humor! Get ready for the latest round of hijinks, hilarity, and memorable characters. All films are presented digitally in French with English subtitles.
Festival Admission
$10
MFAH members, seniors (65+), and students with ID receive a $2 discount.
Upcoming Events in this Series
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Don’t Look Now... We’re Being Shot At! (La grande vadrouille)
Louis de Funès and Bourvil team up again for this timeless comedic masterpiece about several ordinary Frenchmen experiencing an epic voyage through wartime-occupied France.
- Friday, May 9, 2025
- 7 p.m.
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Almost Legal (Presque légal)
Pals decide to recruit a team of unlikely “experts” to turn a small local grocery store into an after-hours business for the summer holidays. Rest assured, none of this is completely legal!
- Saturday, May 10, 2025
- 7 p.m.
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Open Season (Chasse gardée)
Parisian hipsters and their two kids have outgrown their city apartment. They jump at the chance to purchase a spacious country home, but there’s a hitch: the deed of sale allows the entire village to hunt on their property! Before long, beasts start trampling into the house and bullets are flying.
- Saturday, May 10, 2025
- 8:45 p.m.
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Chicken for Linda! (Linda veut du poulet!)
Chicken for Linda! is a sweet and funny story the whole family will enjoy: a film that speaks of childhood from a child’s perspective, detailed in vibrant hand-painted images and told with humor, music, mischief and poetry.
- Sunday, May 11, 2025
- 3 p.m.
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The Art of Nothing (L’art d’être heureux)
A self-absorbed conceptual artist moves to a seaside village hoping to reinvent himself. Embraced by the town’s quirky creative community—including a flirtatious gallerist and a congenial plein-air painter—he finds himself pulled into interpersonal dramas as well as jokes that may be at his own expense.
- Sunday, May 11, 2025
- 5 p.m.
Generous support has been provided by Franci Neely, Nina and Michael Zilkha, Melanie Gray and Mark Wawro, and Villa Albertine in Houston.