Waiting to Exhale

Based on Terry McMillan’s novel, this film follows four very different African-American women and their relationships with the male gender.

• Director:Forest Whitaker
• Genre:Comedy / Drama / Romance
• Runtime:119 minutes

Cast

Whitney Houston : Savannah ‘Vannah’ Jackson
Angela Bassett : Bernadine ‘Bernie’ Harris
Loretta Devine : Gloria ‘Glo’ Matthews
Lela Rochon : Robin Stokes
Gregory Hines : Marvin King

Savannah Jackson (Whitney Houston) is a successful television producer who holds on to the belief that one day her married lover (Dennis Haysbert) will leave his wife for her. Bernadine Harris (Angela Bassett) abandoned her own career and desires of having a catering business to raise a family. Her husband (Michael Beach) is now leaving her for a white woman. Robin Stokes (Lela Rochon) is a high powered executive and the long-time mistress of Russell (Leon Robinson). After dumping him she has problems finding a decent man of her own. Gloria Matthews (Loretta Devine) is a beauty salon owner and single mother raising a teenage son (Donald Faison) who is preparing to leave home and travel the world with (Up with People). After years alone, she falls in love with a new neighbor, Marvin King (Gregory Hines). Read more

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