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The Moderns (1988)

The Moderns (1988)

Drama Comedy Romance

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

Release Date: 1988, April 15
Directors: Alan Rudolph
Countries: United States of America
Production: Nelson Entertainment, Nelson Entertainment, Alive Productions, Alive Productions
Cast: Brooke Smith, Elsa Raven, Wallace Shawn, Kevin J. O'Connor, Geraldine Chaplin, Timothy Webber, Linda Fiorentino, Pierre Chagnon, John Lone, Gailard Sartain, Keith Carradine, Lenie Scoffié

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

forgery paris, france 1920s expatriate art sensuality expressionism