The Moderns

The Moderns

Paris, 1926... there was nothing more modern.

R 1988 · 126 min · ★ 5.9 · Comedy, Drama, Romance

Nick Hart is a struggling American artist who lives amongst the expatriate community in 1920s Paris. He spends most of his time drinking and socializing in local café's and pestering gallery owner Libby Valentin to sell his paintings. He becomes involved in a plot by wealthy art patroness Nathalie de Ville to forge three paintings. This leads to several run-ins with American rubber magnate Bertram Stone, who happens to be married to Hart's ex-wife Rachel.

Directed by Alan Rudolph · Written by Alan Rudolph

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Keith Carradine Nick Hart
Linda Fiorentino Rachel Stone
Wallace Shawn Oiseau
Geneviève Bujold Libby Valentin
Geraldine Chaplin Nathalie de Ville
Kevin J. O'Connor Hemingway
John Lone Bertram Stone
Charlélie Couture L'Evidence
Elsa Raven Gertrude Stein
Ali Giron Alice B. Toklas
Gailard Sartain New York Critic
Michael Wilson Surrealist Poet

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