The Moderns (1988)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 3.47 |
Directed By
Alan Rudolph
Crew
David Blocker
Steven Legler
Alan Rudolph
Alan Rudolph
John Bradshaw
Shep Gordon
Joan Alexander
Charlotte Dix
Kevin Tierney
Karl Archambault
Scott Brock
Micheline Trépanier
Mark Isham
Jean-Baptiste Tard
Manon Joly
Cécile Rigault
Debra T. Smith
Carolyn Pfeiffer
Pam Dixon
Nathalie Trépanier
Stuart M. Besser
Diane Simard
Serge Morache
Bob Pritchett
Gilles Boucher
Estelle Lemieux
Marie Gislaine Cretier
Jean-Marie Guay
Denis Hamel
Michel Brochu
Richard Mall
Claire Alary
André Boisvert
Astrid Koch
Daniel Robert
Emmanuel Lepine
Serge Bureau
Madeleine Henrié
Attila Dory
Lucie Bouliane
Barbara Shrier
Michel Beaudet
Daniel Chrétien
François Gascon
Stephan McKenzie
Michèle Forest
Mario Roussy
Sydney Leger
Roger Dufresne
René Guillard
Maral Hassib
Joyce Rudolph
Johanne Cullen
Jan Kiesser
Greg Walker
Carole Demers
Guy Plourde
Paul Viau
Joanne T. Harwood
Jean Labrecque
Alain Giguère
Marc Charlebois
André Shéridan
Paul Tremblay
Carol Clement
Robert Guertin
Sylvie Boyer
Andrew Nevard
Helene Lamarre
Marie-André Lamoureux
Richard Portman
Arnold Finkelstein
Blake Leyh
Louis Craig
Stuart Copely
Jeffrey Perkins
Cybele O'Brien
Jacques Godbout
Larry Hoki
Ron Judkins
Linda Whittlesey
Joe Dorn
Dody Dorn
John Hoeren
Joan Rowe
Mario Dumont
Katherine Becker
Stephen Krause
Jerry Trent
Yves Charbonneau
Toyomichi Kurita
Renée April
Robert Jackson
TOP CAST
Keith Carradine
Nick Hart
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
Elsa Raven
Gertrude Stein
Ali Giron
Alice B. Toklas
Gailard Sartain
New York Critic
Michael Wilson
Surrealist Poet
Robert Gould
Blackie
Antonia Dauphin
Babette
Véronique Bellegarde
Laurette
Isabel Serra
Armand
David Stein
Art Critic
Hubert Loiselle
Art Critic
Meegan Lee Ochs
Francis
Brooke Smith
Abigail
Marthe Turgeon
Rose Selavy
Pierre Chagnon
Stone's Bodyguard #1
Éric Gaudry
Stone's Bodyguard #2
Timothy Webber
Stone's Business Associate
Mance Edmond
Coco
Normand Brathwaite
Butler Laloux
Michael Rudder
Buffy: Group Montparno
Paul Buissonneau
Alexandre: Group Montparno
Lenie Scoffié
Femme de Lettres: Group Montparno
Reynald Bouchard
Chapelle: Group Montparno
Flora Balzano
Pia Delarue: Group Montparno
Beverly Murray
Eve: Group Montparno
Renee Lee
Chanteuse: Group Montparno
Charles Biddle Sr.
Charlie the Bass Player
Glenn Bradley
Saxophonist
Didier Hoffmann
Priest
Jean-Jacques Desjardins
Hart's Concierge
Ada Fuoco
Self
Harry Hill
Mr. Brown
Marcel Girard
Nathalie's Chauffeur
Danielle Schneider
Fille de Nuit
Stephanie Biddle
Fille de Nuit
Louis Pharand
Referee
Daniel Bloch
M. Raymond
Julien Carletti
Cafe Moderne Waiter
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