Still from Auction (2023), by Pascal Bonitzer.
Still from Auction (2023), by Pascal Bonitzer.
Auction (Le tableau volé)
2:30 pm–4:15 pm
Directed by Pascal Bonitzer (France, 2024, 91 mins.). French with English subtitles.
For his 10th film, renowned film critic Pascal Bonitzer (of the storied Cahiers du Cinema) has crafted a thrilling satire about the highbrow art world of Parisian auctioneers. André Masson, a hotshot art broker at a premiere auction house, receives a letter from a lawyer claiming that a working-class family in the suburb of Mulhouse owns a painting by Egon Schiele. When an incredulous André goes to investigate, he knows instantly that the painting is a genuine masterpiece that went missing in 1939. With the help of his colleague and ex-wife (Léa Drucker), a compulsively lying intern (Louise Chevillotte), and a provincial lawyer (Nora Hamzawi), André races to find a buyer for the prized work in what proves to be a delicate dance of deceit. Will this deal spark his meteoric rise, or the catastrophic end of his career?
“Surely [Bonitzer’s] smartest, sleekest, most wickedly assured script in a sixty-year career.… This is one dazzling movie to get deliriously lost in.” —Independent
An encore screening of Auction has been added on October 13 due to popular demand; tickets go on sale August 27 at mfa.org/film.
Wheelchair accessible
With English subtitles
Upcoming Dates and Times
Sunday, October 13, 2024
Past Dates and Times
Saturday, July 20, 2024
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