A seventy-two-hour whirlwind in the life of bohemian artist Amedeo ModiG.iani, known as Modi to his friends, follows a chaotic series of events throuG. the streets of war torn Paris in 1916. On the run from the police, his desire to end his career and leave the city is dismissed by fellow artists Maurice Utrillo, Chaim Soutine and Modi’s muse, Beatrice HastinG.. Modi seeks advice from his art dealer and friend, Leopold Zborowski — however, after a niG.t of hallucinations, the chaos in Modi’s mind reaches a crescendo when faced with an American collector, Maurice G.nG.at, who has the power to chanG. his life.