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UNITED STATES · 1988

The Moderns

Alan Rudolph
art forgery expatriate life 1920s Paris struggling artists wealth and patronage
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Synopsis

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

Year1988
CountryUnited States
DirectorAlan Rudolph
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