The Moderns
The Moderns

The Moderns

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1988
2h 6m
5.7(31 votes)
Comedy
Drama
Romance

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.

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Cast & Crew

45 members
Acting

Keith Carradine

Nick Hart

Keith Carradine
Acting

Linda Fiorentino

Rachel Stone

Linda Fiorentino
Acting

Wallace Shawn

Oiseau

Wallace Shawn
Acting

Geneviève Bujold

Libby Valentin

Geneviève Bujold
Acting

Geraldine Chaplin

Nathalie de Ville

Geraldine Chaplin
Acting

Kevin J. O'Connor

Hemingway

Kevin J. O'Connor
Acting

John Lone

Bertram Stone

John Lone
Sound

Charlélie Couture

L'Evidence

Charlélie Couture
Acting

Elsa Raven

Gertrude Stein

Elsa Raven
Acting

Ali Giron

Alice B. Toklas

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Gailard Sartain

New York Critic

Gailard Sartain
Acting

Michael Wilson

Surrealist Poet

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Art

Robert Gould

Blackie

Robert Gould
Production

Antonia Dauphin

Babette

Antonia Dauphin
Acting

Véronique Bellegarde

Laurette

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Isabel Serra

Armand

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David Stein

Art Critic

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Hubert Loiselle

Art Critic

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Meegan Lee Ochs

Francis

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Brooke Smith

Abigail

Brooke Smith
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Marthe Turgeon

Rose Selavy

Marthe Turgeon
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Pierre Chagnon

Stone's Bodyguard #1

Pierre Chagnon
Acting

Éric Gaudry

Stone's Bodyguard #2

Éric Gaudry
Acting

Timothy Webber

Stone's Business Associate

Timothy Webber
Acting

Mance Edmond

Coco

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Normand Brathwaite

Butler Laloux

Normand Brathwaite
Acting

Michael Rudder

Buffy: Group Montparno

Michael Rudder
Acting

Paul Buissonneau

Alexandre: Group Montparno

Paul Buissonneau
Acting

Lenie Scoffié

Femme de Lettres: Group Montparno

Lenie Scoffié
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Reynald Bouchard

Chapelle: Group Montparno

Reynald Bouchard
Acting

Flora Balzano

Pia Delarue: Group Montparno

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Beverly Murray

Eve: Group Montparno

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Renee Lee

Chanteuse: Group Montparno

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Charles Biddle Sr.

Charlie the Bass Player

Charles Biddle Sr.
Acting

Glenn Bradley

Saxophonist

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Didier Hoffmann

Priest

Didier Hoffmann
Acting

Jean-Jacques Desjardins

Hart's Concierge

Jean-Jacques Desjardins
Acting

Ada Fuoco

Self

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Harry Hill

Mr. Brown

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Marcel Girard

Nathalie's Chauffeur

Marcel Girard
Acting

Danielle Schneider

Fille de Nuit

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Stephanie Biddle

Fille de Nuit

Stephanie Biddle
Crew

Louis Pharand

Referee

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Daniel Bloch

M. Raymond

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Julien Carletti

Cafe Moderne Waiter

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