 | Sweet But Devious |
1920s. Paris. Cafè society. Looney cocktail parties. Sex. Corruption. Art. All this and more in a wry love triangle comedy.
Nick Hart (Keith Carradine) is an expatriate American painter with a talent for forging art by Cezanne, Modigliani, and Matisse. When he arrives in Paris, he connects with his former lover Rachel (Linda Fiorentino), who has a drinking problem mostly due to her marriage to the ruthless and wealthy art collector Bertram Stone (the exotic John Lone).
Nick spends most of his time hanging out at cafès (watch for Ernest Hemingway writing at the end of the bar) and hobnobbing with Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklais at cocktail parties with his gossipy friend Oiseu (Wallace Shawn).
But when his art dealer (Geneviève Bujold) commissions Nick to replicate coveted modern art that are purchased by Bertram Stone, the love triangle takes a new twist.
Wallace Shawn has some juicy comedic bits -- especially when he dresses in drag to observe what is supposed to be his own funeral -- and he plays them with aplomb
Directed by Alan Rudolph.
Terrific sexy soundtrack!
Geneviève Bujold won the 1988 Los Angeles Film Critic's Association Best Supporting Actress Award for this performance. Mark Isham also won for Best Music -- and I heard why!
Unrated by MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America).
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