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 | 0.6648 |
Directed By
Alan Rudolph
Crew
David Blocker
John Bradshaw
Alan Rudolph
Steven Legler
Alan Rudolph
Shep Gordon
Kevin Tierney
Charlotte Dix
Karl Archambault
Joan Alexander
Stuart M. Besser
Mark Isham
Serge Morache
Pam Dixon
Debra T. Smith
Scott Brock
Cécile Rigault
Diane Simard
Micheline Trépanier
Nathalie Trépanier
Bob Pritchett
Carolyn Pfeiffer
Jean-Baptiste Tard
Guy Plourde
Lucie Bouliane
Manon Joly
Estelle Lemieux
Marie Gislaine Cretier
Serge Bureau
Barbara Shrier
Michel Beaudet
Gilles Boucher
André Boisvert
Attila Dory
Jan Kiesser
Madeleine Henrié
Claire Alary
Denis Hamel
Daniel Robert
Paul Tremblay
Sylvie Boyer
Alain Giguère
Carol Clement
Andrew Nevard
Daniel Chrétien
Jean Labrecque
François Gascon
Emmanuel Lepine
Sydney Leger
Robert Guertin
Jean-Marie Guay
Astrid Koch
Michel Brochu
Greg Walker
Roger Dufresne
Richard Mall
Joyce Rudolph
Johanne Cullen
Marc Charlebois
André Shéridan
Michèle Forest
Carole Demers
Joanne T. Harwood
René Guillard
Stephan McKenzie
Maral Hassib
Mario Roussy
Paul Viau
Hélène Lamarre
John Hoeren
Joan Rowe
Mario Dumont
Arnold Finkelstein
Ron Judkins
Louis Craig
Stephen Krause
Blake Leyh
Katherine Becker
Linda Whittlesey
Stuart Copely
Larry Hoki
Richard Portman
Jerry Trent
Yves Charbonneau
Cybele O'Brien
Jeffrey Perkins
Dody Dorn
Joe Dorn
Jacques Godbout
Marie-André Lamoureux
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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