Synopsis: A portrait of the poet from Oakland, California ("There's no there there"), Gertrude Stein. She became a cultural magnet in Paris, attracting the likes of Picasso, Eliot, Cocteau and Hemingway to her parlor over a period of three decades. A portrait of the poet from Oakland, California ("There's no there there"), Gertrude Stein. She became a cultural magnet in Paris, attracting the likes of Picasso, Eliot, Cocteau and Hemingway to her parlor over a period of three decades. [More]