The Moderns (1988)
Paris, 1926... there was nothing more modern.
126 min
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.
- Release date
- October 19, 1989
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Keith Carradine as Nick Hart
- Linda Fiorentino as Rachel Stone
- Wallace Shawn as Oiseau
- Geneviève Bujold as Libby Valentin
- Geraldine Chaplin as Nathalie de Ville
- Kevin J. O'Connor as Hemingway
- John Lone as Bertram Stone
- Charlélie Couture as L'Evidence
- Elsa Raven as Gertrude Stein
- Ali Giron as Alice B. Toklas
Crew
- Alan Rudolph · Director
- Alan Rudolph · Writer
- Jon Bradshaw · Writer
- David Blocker · Producer
- Carolyn Pfeiffer · Producer
- Mark Isham · Composer
- Toyomichi Kurita · Cinematographer
- Scott Brock · Editor
- Debra T. Smith · Editor
- Pam Dixon · Casting director
- Steven Legler · Production designer