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49% Critic Match
Waiting for the Moon
4.9 / 10• 1987• 1h 28m•NR• English
ComedyDramaTV Movie
Storyline
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 & Crew
Linda Hunt
Alice B. Toklas
Lead
Linda Bassett
Gertrude Stein
Jacques Boudet
Guillaume Apollinaire
Andrew McCarthy
Henry Hopper
Bernadette Lafont
Fernande Olivier
AV
Adolfo Vargas
Pablo Picasso (voice)
Pierre-Alain Chapuis
Priest
Daniel Langlet
Monsieur Thiele
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jill Godmilow's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Waiting for the Moon is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
