Waiting to Exhale

Uplifting drama about the lives and loves of four African-American women in their thirties. Based on Terry McMillan’s bestseller, Uplifting drama about the lives and loves of four African-American women. Savannah (Whitney Houston), Bernadine (Angela Bassett), Robin (Lela Rochon) and Gloria (Loretta Devine) are all waiting – Savannah, Robin and Gloria for their perfect man and Bernadine for her divorce. The film follows the women through a modern labyrinth of husbands and lovers, jobs and make-overs, as they search for a man good enough to make them gasp. Based on the acclaimed bestseller by Terry McMillan., Four women gather regularly to share their friendship and to relate stories about their relationships with the men who breeze in and out and their lives., A surprise Hollywood hit, this film is based on the novel of the same name by Terry McMillan and centers on four well-to-do African-American women and their relationships with men and one another. All of them are “holding their breath” until the day they can feel comfortable in a committed relationship with a man. Robin (Lela Rochon) is the long-time mistress of Russell (Leon), who keeps reneging on his promise to leave his wife for her. She dumps him to find a man she can have to herself, but her dates with a reliable but unattractive business partner (Wendell Pierce) and a drug addict (Mykelti Williamson) send her back to Russell. Savannah (Whitney Houston) is a successful television producer who also believes that her married lover Kenneth (Dennis Haysbert) will leave his wife. Bernadine (Angela Bassett) is a wealthy woman who abandoned her own career to raise a family. Her husband is now leaving her to marry a white woman. Gloria (Loretta Devine) is a beauty salon owner and single mother raising a teenage son. After years alone, she falls in love with a new neighbor, Marvin (Gregory Hines). The women share their stories over lunches and conversations at Gloria’s salon., Uplifting drama about the lives and loves of four African-American women, three of whom are waiting for the perfect man to come along, while the fourth finalises her divorce after her husband leaves her for another woman. Over the course of a year, each of the thirtysomethings grapples with a series of jobs, lovers and makeovers as they search for their ideal partners.