1916. À Montparnasse, les artistes étrangers crèvent de faim. Le plus pauvre des Russes, Soutine, se lie d’amitié avec le plus beau des Italiens : Modigliani. En 1917, Apollinaire monte sa pièce Les mamelles de Tirésias, sous-titrée drame surréaliste. Le mot est né. La guerre se termine, mais Apollinaire meurt en 1918 et Modigliani en 1920. Son enterrement marque la fin de la bohème.
Ao sair do hospital, Apollinaire descobre como é a vida em Paris durante a guerra. Em Montparnasse, artistas estrangeiros - a maioria dos quais são judeus, depois de terem fugido do anti-semitismo da Europa de Leste - morrem de fome. Juntos formam a Escola de Paris.
On being released from the hospital, Apollinaire discovers what life is like in Paris during the war. In Montparnasse, foreign artists - most of whom are Jewish, having fled the anti-Semitism of Eastern Europe - are dying of hunger. They form the School of Paris. Soutine, the poorest of the Russian artists, strikes up a friendship with Modigliani, the handsomest of the Italians. In 1917, Apollinaire stages a performance his play Les Mamelles de Tirésias using the subheading “surrealist drama.” The word “surrealist” is born. It catches on, becoming common currency in art circles around the globe. One year later, Apollinaire succumbs to the Spanish flu. Modigliani passes away on January 24, 1920. His funeral, attended by all the artists of Montparnasse, brings the age of bohemianism to a definitive end.
Las vidas íntimas de los fundadores del arte moderno. Desde 1900 hasta el final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, un fascinante ballet de destinos cruzados. En este episodio: la amistad de Modigliani y Soutine; la admiración de Cocteau por Picasso; las muertes de Apollinaire y Modigliani, y el suicidio de Jeanne Hebuterne.
