Waiting for the Moon

Waiting for the Moon

88 mins | Drama, Comedy, TV Movie | June 15, 1987

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.

Waiting for the Moon

88 mins | Drama, Comedy, TV Movie | June 15, 1987

Waiting for the Moon
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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers American Playhouse, Skouras Pictures
Original title Waiting for the Moon
Directors Jill Godmilow
Writers Mark Magill, Jill Godmilow

Cast

Linda Hunt

as Alice B. Toklas

Linda Bassett

as Gertrude Stein

Jacques Boudet

as Guillaume Apollinaire

Andrew McCarthy

as Henry Hopper

Bernadette Lafont

as Fernande Olivier

Adolfo Vargas

as Pablo Picasso (voice)

Daniel Langlet

as Monsieur Thiele

Michèle Gleizer

as Madame Thiele

Bruce McGill

as Ernest Hemingway

K.C. Schulberg

as Stage Manager

Pascal Cambon

as Sound Effects Man

Liliane Rovère

as Bordello Madame

Brigitte Bellac

as Prostitute

Jean Achache

as Doctor

Catherine Dubuc

as Pauline

Emilie Zinetti

as Baby Willi