Kiki of Montparnasse

Kiki of Montparnasse

Alice Prin born in 1901 as an illegitimate child and was raised in poverty by her grandmother. At age twelve, she was sent by train to live with her mother, a linotypist, in Paris in order to help earn an income for her family. By 14, she started posing as a nude model for various artists, this created discord with her mother, who finally disowned her. The teenage Kiki determined to make her living exclusively by posing for artists, but she soon became a local celebrity who symbolized the Montparnasse quarter's nonconformity and its rejection of the social norms of the petite bourgeoisie. In Autumn 1921, Prin met the American visual artist Man Ray, and the two soon entered into a stormy eight-year relationship. She lived with Man Ray in his studio on rue Campagne-Première until 1929 during which time he made hundreds of portraits of her. She became his muse at the time and the subject of some of his best-known images. By 1929, Prin had reached the zenith of her fame. A symbol of bohemian and creative Paris and of the possibility of being a woman and finding an artistic place, she was elected the Queen of Montparnasse at the age of twenty-eight. Despite her local fame, she continued to live a hand-to-mouth existence. Even during difficult times, she maintained her positive attitude, saying "all I need is an onion, a bit of bread, and a bottle of red [wine]; and I will always find somebody to offer me that." She died at the age of fifty-one on after collapsing outside her flat in Montparnasse, apparently of complications of alcoholism or drug dependence.

  • Title : Kiki of Montparnasse
  • Popularity : 0.272
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1901-10-02
  • Place of Birth : Châtillon-sur-Seine, Francia
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  • Also Known As : Alice Prin, Alice Ernestine Prin
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Kiki of Montparnasse Movies

  • 1924
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    L'Inhumaine

    L'Inhumaine

    6.8 1924 HD

    A famous singer Claire Lescot, who lives on the outskirts of Paris, is courted by many men, including a maharajah, Djorah de Nopur, and a young...

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  • 1930
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    The Yellow Captain

    The Yellow Captain

    1 1930 HD

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  • 1926
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    Emak-Bakia

    Emak-Bakia

    6.882 1926 HD

    Emak-Bakia (Basque for Leave me alone) is a 1926 film directed by Man Ray. Subtitled as a cinépoéme, it features many techniques Man...

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  • 1924
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    The Gallery of Monsters

    The Gallery of Monsters

    8 1924 HD

    The whimsical Riquet's has kidnapped and married a well-born young girl, Ralda. They travel around Spain performing their act in a circus but Ralda's...

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  • 1946
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    Walking on Air

    Walking on Air

    1 1946 HD

    Shaw is the south end of a horse for an ice show, but she longs to be a ballerina. It looks like she will achieve that goal, but will her oversized...

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  • 2024
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    Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray

    Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray

    9 2024 HD

    An immersion into the surreal and dreamlike world of painter, photographer and filmmaker Man Ray (1890-1976), one of the most prolific American...

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  • 1923
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    Return to Reason

    Return to Reason

    6.376 1923 HD

    Experimental film, white specks and shapes gyrating over a black background, the light-striped torso of Kiki of Montparnasse (Alice Prin), a gyrating...

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  • 1928
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    The Starfish

    The Starfish

    6.9 1928 HD

    The romantic relationship between a man and a woman.

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  • 1924
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    Ballet Mécanique

    Ballet Mécanique

    6.5 1924 HD

    A pulsing, kaleidoscope of images set to an energetic soundtrack. This is a world in motion, dominated by mechanical and repetitive images, with a...

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  • 1933
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    The Old Devil

    The Old Devil

    5.2 1933 HD

    Vautier, a wealthy surgeon in his fifties, falls in love with Hélène, a young woman from a modest background. He allows her to have a...

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  • 1924
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    The Lion of the Moguls

    The Lion of the Moguls

    6.7 1924 HD

    In the kingdom of the Moguls, Prince Roudghito-Sing, a young officer of the palace, falls in love with Zemgali, a captive princess held prisoner and...

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  • 1928
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    Souvenir de Paris

    Souvenir de Paris

    1 1928 HD

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  • 2012
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    Les Films de Man Ray

    Les Films de Man Ray

    1 2012 HD

    In the 1920s, Man Ray directed four films which, although largely unknown by the general public, made him into a major figure in avant-garde cinema....

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