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The Moderns
“Paris, 1926... there was nothing more modern.”
5.9 / 10• 1988• 2h 6m•R• English
ComedyDramaRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Keith Carradine
Nick Hart
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Alan Rudolph's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Moderns is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
