The read
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes50%
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Jill GodmilowDirector
- Mark MagillScreenplay
Cast
- Linda HuntAlice B. Toklas
- Linda BassettGertrude Stein
- Jacques BoudetGuillaume Apollinaire
- Andrew McCarthyHenry Hopper
- Bernadette LafontFernande Olivier
- Adolfo VargasPablo Picasso (voice)
- Pierre-Alain ChapuisPriest
- Daniel LangletMonsieur Thiele
- Michèle GleizerMadame Thiele
- Bruce McGillErnest Hemingway
- K.C. SchulbergStage Manager
- Pascal CambonSound Effects Man
Stills
Themes
summerhistorical eventwoman director