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Synopsis
Well into the 1930s, there was an expatriate community of Americans who lived in Paris or the French countryside, and who eventually became influential artists and writers. These included the painter Edward Hopper, the writer Ernest Hemingway, and the musician Virgil Thomson. Writer and poet Gertrude Stein and her lifelong companion Alice B. Toklas (perhaps best known for her marijuana recipes) were the patrons of these and other artists, including Guillaume Apollinaire. In this PBS American Playhouse movie, the two are seen in the mid-1930s, and the unflinching loyalty and love that Toklas (Linda Hunt) offered to her irascible companion Stein (Linda Bassett) is the subject of this moving, extremely erudite drama. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

Cast

Linda Bassett Gertrude Stein
Jacques Boudet Guillaume Apollinaire
Linda Hunt Alice B. Toklas
Bernadette Lafont Fernande Olivier
Andrew McCarthy Henry Hopper
Bruce McGill Ernest Hemingway

Production Crew

André Neau Cinematographer
Michael Sahl Cinematographer
Michael Sahl Composer (Music Score)
Elisabeth Tavernier Costume Designer
Jill Godmilow Director
Georges Klotz Editor
Lidsay Law Executive Producer
Jean Achache Line Producer
Frederic Bourboulon Producer
Lidsay Law Producer
Sandra Schulberg Producer
Patrice Mercier Production Designer
Jill Godmilow Screen Story
Mark Magill Screen Story
Mark Magill Screenwriter
Ballard MacDonald Songwriter
Harry Carroll Songwriter
Year: 1987
Runtime: 88
Country: France
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature

Genre
Drama

Produced by
AB Films
American Playhouse
ARD
Laboratory for Icon and Idiom
New Front Films
Skouras Pictures
Société Française de Production

Release
March 06, 1987 (USA)
by Skouras Pictures

Awards
1986 - Grand Jury Prize--Dramatic Competition - Sundance Film Festival
1986 - Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic - Sundance Film Festival
1986 - Grand Prize: Dramatic - Sundance Film Festival
1987 - Best First Feature - Independent Spirit Award
1987 - Best First Feature - Independent Spirit Awards