Waiting for the Moon

Waiting for the Moon

1987•1h 28m•4.9/10

ComedyDramaTV Movie

Ratings

🎬TMDb

4.9/10(7)

Fictionalized portrait of one of history's great literary couples: Stein & Toklas. Summer 1930s France, Alice tends to ailing Gertrude; they visit Fernande Olivier, Guillaume Apollinaire, others; and Hemingway pops in.

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Production

American Playhouse, Skouras Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Linda Hunt

Linda Hunt

Alice B. Toklas

Linda Bassett

Linda Bassett

Gertrude Stein

Jacques Boudet

Jacques Boudet

Guillaume Apollinaire

Andrew McCarthy

Andrew McCarthy

Henry Hopper

Bernadette Lafont

Bernadette Lafont

Fernande Olivier

Adolfo Vargas

Pablo Picasso (voice)

Pierre-Alain Chapuis

Pierre-Alain Chapuis

Priest

Daniel Langlet

Daniel Langlet

Monsieur Thiele

Michèle Gleizer

Michèle Gleizer

Madame Thiele

Bruce McGill

Bruce McGill

Ernest Hemingway

K.C. Schulberg

Stage Manager

Pascal Cambon

Sound Effects Man

Liliane Rovère

Liliane Rovère

Bordello Madame

Brigitte Bellac

Prostitute

Jean Achache

Doctor

Mauricette Laurence

Mauricette Laurence

Helene

Catherine Dubuc

Pauline

Emilie Zinetti

Baby Willi

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