

Waiting for the Moon
June 15, 1987•1h 28m•★ 4.9
ComedyDramaTV 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.
Director
Jill GodmilowCast

Linda Hunt
Alice B. Toklas

Linda Bassett
Gertrude Stein

Jacques Boudet
Guillaume Apollinaire

Andrew McCarthy
Henry Hopper

Bernadette Lafont
Fernande Olivier
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Adolfo Vargas
Pablo Picasso (voice)

Pierre-Alain Chapuis
Priest

Daniel Langlet
Monsieur Thiele

Michèle Gleizer
Madame Thiele

Bruce McGill
Ernest Hemingway
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K.C. Schulberg
Stage Manager
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Pascal Cambon
Sound Effects Man

Liliane Rovère
Bordello Madame
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Brigitte Bellac
Prostitute
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Jean Achache
Doctor

Mauricette Laurence
Helene
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Catherine Dubuc
Pauline
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Emilie Zinetti
Baby Willi