Waiting for the Moon is a 1987 film about Gertrude Stein and her lover and assistant Alice B. Toklas, played by Linda Bassett and Linda Hunt. Set in the 1930s, it depicts the two women meeting Pablo Picasso and his lover Fernande Olivier (played by Bernadette Lafont), as well as the authors Ernest Hemingway (Bruce McGill), and Guillaume Apollinaire (Jacques Boudet). The film was written by Mark Magill and directed by Jill Godmilow.
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Directed by | Jill Godmilow |
Written by | Mark Magill |
Starring | Linda Bassett Linda Hunt |
Release date | 6 March, 1987 (New York City) |
Running time | 88 min. |
Country | United Kingdom France United States West Germany |
Language | English |
Box office | $751,555 |