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The Moderns
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The Moderns

1988-04-15 · 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.

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Directors
Alan Rudolph
Production companies
Nelson Entertainment, Alive Productions
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Keith CarradineKeith CarradineNick Hart
Linda FiorentinoLinda FiorentinoRachel Stone
Wallace ShawnWallace ShawnOiseau
Geneviève BujoldGeneviève BujoldLibby Valentin
Geraldine ChaplinGeraldine ChaplinNathalie de Ville
Kevin J. O'ConnorKevin J. O'ConnorHemingway
John LoneJohn LoneBertram Stone
Charlélie CoutureCharlélie CoutureL'Evidence
Elsa RavenElsa RavenGertrude Stein
Ali GironAlice B. Toklas
Gailard SartainGailard SartainNew York Critic
Michael WilsonSurrealist Poet
Robert GouldRobert GouldBlackie
Antonia DauphinBabette
Véronique BellegardeLaurette
Isabel SerraArmand
David SteinArt Critic
Hubert LoiselleArt Critic
Meegan Lee OchsFrancis
Brooke SmithBrooke SmithAbigail

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