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Summary
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.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+14)
Critics 81Audiences 67GoodWatch 73
Tomatometer81%
Letterboxd · 2 K ratings3.6/5
IMDb6.6
Audience score64%
Running time
2 h 6 min
Longer than most comedies, +26 min on the typical 100
typical 100126Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Released
1988
April 15, 1988
38 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaRomanceLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
FrenchMade in
United States
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityMild
- Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 24 more45 people
- Keith CarradineNick Hart
- Linda FiorentinoRachel Stone
- Wallace ShawnOiseau
- Geneviève BujoldLibby Valentin
- Geraldine ChaplinNathalie de Ville
- Kevin J. O'ConnorHemingway
- John LoneBertram Stone
- Charlélie CoutureL'Evidence
Elsa RavenGertrude Stein- AGAli GironAlice B. Toklas
Gailard SartainNew York Critic- MWMichael WilsonSurrealist Poet
Robert GouldBlackie
Antonia DauphinBabette- VBVéronique BellegardeLaurette
- ISIsabel SerraArmand
- DSDavid SteinArt Critic
- HLHubert LoiselleArt Critic
- MLMeegan Lee OchsFrancis
Brooke SmithAbigail
Marthe TurgeonRose Selavy
Pierre ChagnonStone's Bodyguard #1
Éric GaudryStone's Bodyguard #2
Timothy WebberStone's Business Associate
Directing · 4
- Alan Rudolph Director, Writer
- Marie Gislaine Cretier Third Assistant Director
- Madeleine Henrié Second Assistant Director
- Joanne T. Harwood Script Supervisor
Writing · 1
- John Bradshaw Writer
Production · 9
- Shep Gordon Executive Producer
- David Blocker Producer
- Carolyn Pfeiffer Producer
- Pam Dixon Casting
- Barbara Shrier Production Manager
- Stuart M. Besser Associate Producer
Camera · 12
- Toyomichi Kurita Director of Photography
- Roger Dufresne Still Photographer
- Carole Demers Camera Trainee
- Richard Mall Key Grip
- Jan Kiesser Additional Photography
- Andrew Nevard Second Assistant Camera
Editing · 3
- Debra T. Smith Editor
- Scott Brock Editor
- Joan Alexander Assistant Editor
Sound · 19
- Mark Isham Original Music Composer
- Dody Dorn Supervising Sound Editor
- Blake Leyh Supervising Sound Editor
- Richard Portman Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Cybele O'Brien Assistant Sound Editor
- Ron Judkins Production Sound Mixer
Art · 17
- Steven Legler Production Design
- François Gascon Swing
- Michèle Forest Set Dresser
- Sylvie Boyer Art Department Assistant
- Johanne Cullen Set Painter
- Daniel Robert Swing
Costume & Make-Up · 8
- Renée April Costume Design
- Manon Joly Assistant Hairstylist
- Nathalie Trépanier Extras Makeup Artist
- Micheline Trépanier Makeup Artist
- Serge Morache Hairdresser
- Diane Simard Makeup Artist
Lighting · 6
- André Shéridan Electrician
- Marc Charlebois Electrician
- Daniel Chrétien Gaffer
- René Guillard Electrician
- Maral Hassib Best Boy Electric
- Paul Viau Electrician
Other crew · 13
- Greg Walker Stunt Coordinator
- Charlotte Dix Craft Service
- Kevin Tierney Unit Publicist
- Jean-Marie Guay Propmaker
- Gilles Boucher Carpenter
- Carol Clement Propmaker
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