Waiting for the Moon

4.333

88 minutes

6/15/1987

Overview

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.

Cast List

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)
Pierre-Alain Chapuis
as Priest
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
Mauricette Laurence
as Helene
Catherine Dubuc
as Pauline
Emilie Zinetti
as Baby Willi