The Moderns

The Moderns

126 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | April 15, 1988

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.

The Moderns

126 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | April 15, 1988

The Moderns
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Nelson Entertainment, Alive Productions
Original title The Moderns
Directors Marie Gislaine Cretier, Madeleine Henrié, Joanne T. Harwood, Alan Rudolph
Writers John Bradshaw, Alan Rudolph

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

Gailard Sartain

as New York Critic

Michael Wilson

as Surrealist Poet

Robert Gould

as Blackie

Antonia Dauphin

as Babette

Véronique Bellegarde

as Laurette

Isabel Serra

as Armand

David Stein

as Art Critic

Hubert Loiselle

as Art Critic

Meegan Lee Ochs

as Francis

Brooke Smith

as Abigail

Marthe Turgeon

as Rose Selavy

Pierre Chagnon

as Stone's Bodyguard #1

Éric Gaudry

as Stone's Bodyguard #2

Timothy Webber

as Stone's Business Associate

Mance Edmond

as Coco

Normand Brathwaite

as Butler Laloux

Michael Rudder

as Buffy: Group Montparno

Paul Buissonneau

as Alexandre: Group Montparno

Lenie Scoffié

as Femme de Lettres: Group Montparno

Reynald Bouchard

as Chapelle: Group Montparno

Flora Balzano

as Pia Delarue: Group Montparno

Beverly Murray

as Eve: Group Montparno

Renee Lee

as Chanteuse: Group Montparno

Charles Biddle Sr.

as Charlie the Bass Player

Glenn Bradley

as Saxophonist

Didier Hoffmann

as Priest

Jean-Jacques Desjardins

as Hart's Concierge

Ada Fuoco

as Self

Harry Hill

as Mr. Brown

Marcel Girard

as Nathalie's Chauffeur

Danielle Schneider

as Fille de Nuit

Stephanie Biddle

as Fille de Nuit

Louis Pharand

as Referee

Daniel Bloch

as M. Raymond

Julien Carletti

as Cafe Moderne Waiter