The Moderns

Nick Hart is an American painter barely getting by in 1920s Paris, where he spends more time in cafés than at his easel and keeps pressing the gallery owner Libby Valentin to take his work. His circumstances change when the wealthy art patron Nathalie de Ville draws him into a scheme to forge three paintings. The job brings him into repeated conflict with Bertram Stone, an American rubber magnate who is married to Nick's former wife, Rachel.

Alan Rudolph directed and co-wrote the film with John Bradshaw, and it followed his Made in Heaven and Choose Me and preceded Mortal Thoughts, Afterglow and Breakfast of Champions. Keith Carradine plays Nick, with Linda Fiorentino as Rachel, Geneviève Bujold as Libby, Geraldine Chaplin as Nathalie and Wallace Shawn among the cast; Kevin J. O'Connor appears as Hemingway. The production credits 45 cast members and 93 crew.

Released in April 1988, the film mixes comedy, drama and romance across a 126-minute running time and took about 2 million dollars worldwide. On IMDb it holds 6.6/10 from roughly 2,200 votes, while on TMDB it stands at 5.9/10 from a much smaller base of 37 votes. A critics' rating of 6.3/10 from 21 reviews places it close to the audience scores.