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The Moderns (1988)

The Moderns poster
Directed by
Alan Rudolph
Genre
drama film, comedy film, melodrama
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 06m
Rated
R
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 34 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An American artist in 1920s Paris gets pulled into the city's modernist scene. He navigates love affairs and rivalries with other expatriates.

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What happens

The Moderns is a 1988 film by Alan Rudolph, which takes place in 1926 Paris during the period of the Lost Generation and at the height of modernist literature. The film stars Keith Carradine, Linda Fiorentino, John Lone, and Geneviève Bujold among others. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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