''Waiting for the Moon'' is a 1987
internationally co-produced drama film
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starring
Linda Hunt
Lydia Susanna "Linda" Hunt (born April 2, 1945) is an American actress of stage and screen.
She made her film debut playing Mrs. Oxheart in ''Popeye'' (1980). Hunt portrayed the male character Billy Kwan in '' The Year of Living Dangerously'' ...
,
Linda Bassett,
Bernadette Lafont,
Bruce McGill
Bruce Travis McGill (born July 11, 1950) is an American actor. He worked with director Michael Mann in the movies '' The Insider'' (1999), ''Ali'' (2001), and '' Collateral'' (2004). McGill's other notable film roles include Daniel Simpson "D-Da ...
,
Jacques Boudet
Jacques Boudet (born 29 December 1939) is a French stage and screen actor. He had great success in the 1980s with his appearance in '' Exercises in Style'', and is featured in the film '' The Names of Love'' (2010).
In cinema, he frequently a ...
and
Andrew McCarthy
Andrew Thomas McCarthy (born November 29, 1962) is an American actor, travel writer, and television director. He is most known as a member of the Brat Pack, with roles in 1980s films such as ''St. Elmo's Fire'', ''Pretty in Pink'', and '' Less ...
. The film was written by Mark Magill and directed by Jill Godmilow.
Plot
Set in the 1930s, the film depicts Gertrude Stein and her lover and assistant Alice B. Toklas meeting Pablo Picasso and his lover Fernande Olivier, as well as the authors Ernest Hemingway and Guillaume Apollinaire.
Cast
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Linda Hunt
Lydia Susanna "Linda" Hunt (born April 2, 1945) is an American actress of stage and screen.
She made her film debut playing Mrs. Oxheart in ''Popeye'' (1980). Hunt portrayed the male character Billy Kwan in '' The Year of Living Dangerously'' ...
as Alice B. Toklas
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Linda Bassett as Gertrude Stein
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Bernadette Lafont as Fernande Olivier
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Bruce McGill
Bruce Travis McGill (born July 11, 1950) is an American actor. He worked with director Michael Mann in the movies '' The Insider'' (1999), ''Ali'' (2001), and '' Collateral'' (2004). McGill's other notable film roles include Daniel Simpson "D-Da ...
as Ernest Hemingway
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Jacques Boudet
Jacques Boudet (born 29 December 1939) is a French stage and screen actor. He had great success in the 1980s with his appearance in '' Exercises in Style'', and is featured in the film '' The Names of Love'' (2010).
In cinema, he frequently a ...
as Guillaume Apollinaire
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Andrew McCarthy
Andrew Thomas McCarthy (born November 29, 1962) is an American actor, travel writer, and television director. He is most known as a member of the Brat Pack, with roles in 1980s films such as ''St. Elmo's Fire'', ''Pretty in Pink'', and '' Less ...
as Henry Hopper
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes it has a rating of 43% based on reviews from 7 critics.
References
External links
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''Waiting for the Moon'' Facets Multimedia, YouTube
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{{Gertrude Stein
1987 films
1987 drama films
1987 independent films
1987 LGBT-related films
American independent films
British independent films
French independent films
German independent films
Cultural depictions of Gertrude Stein
Cultural depictions of Ernest Hemingway
English-language French films
English-language German films
Films about writers
Lesbian-related films
LGBT-related drama films
Films set in the 1930s
American Playhouse
Sundance Film Festival award winners
1980s English-language films
1980s American films
1980s British films
1980s French films