Waiting for the Moon

1h 28min

Comedy

Drama

TV Movie

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.

Production Companies

American Playhouse

Skouras Pictures

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

Adolfo Vargas

Pablo Picasso (voice)
Daniel Langlet

Daniel Langlet

Monsieur Thiele
Michèle Gleizer

Michèle Gleizer

Madame Thiele
Bruce McGill

Bruce McGill

Ernest Hemingway
K.C. Schulberg

K.C. Schulberg

Stage Manager
Pascal Cambon

Pascal Cambon

Sound Effects Man
Liliane Rovère

Liliane Rovère

Bordello Madame
Brigitte Bellac

Brigitte Bellac

Prostitute
Emilie Zinetti

Emilie Zinetti

Baby Willi

Release date

15th Jun 1987

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English