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Waiting to Exhale
Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break a string of less-than-stellar lovers. Friends and confidants Vannah, Bernie, Glo and Robin talk it all out, determined to find a better way to breathe.
Forest Whitaker
Casts & Crew
Whitney Houston
Angela Bassett
Loretta Devine
Lela Rochon
Gregory Hines
Dennis Haysbert
Michael Beach
Mykelti Williamson
Lamont Johnson
Wesley Snipes
Wendell Pierce
Donald Faison
Brandon Hammond
Kenya Moore
Starletta DuPois
Delaina Mitchell
Wren T. Brown
Jazz Raycole
Jeffrey D. Sams
Leon
Giancarlo Esposito
Kelly Preston
L. Scott Caldwell
Hope Brown
Graham Galloway
Donyell Hinton
Wanda-Lee Evans
Wally Bujack
Shari L. Carpenter
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