In a tumultuous seventy-two-hour period, the bohemian artist Amedeo Modigliani, affectionately called Modi by his friends, navigates a series of chaotic events in the war-ravaged streets of Paris in 1916. As he evades the police, his plans to abandon his career and leave the city are met with resistance from fellow artists Maurice Utrillo, Chaim Soutine, and his muse, Beatrice Hastings. Seeking guidance from his art dealer and confidant, Leopold Zborowski, Modi experiences a night filled with hallucinations. The turmoil in his mind peaks when he encounters Maurice Gangnat, an American collector with the potential to alter the course of his life.