Smoking

1993 2h 19m FR

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7.7

BANGER

★7.7TMDB · 9

DramaComedyRomance

Synopsis

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Two actors play eighteen different roles in a story that asks the question: would my life have been different if I had lit a cigarette?

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Sabine Azéma
Celia Teasdale / Sylvie Bell / Irene Pridworthy / Rowena Coombes / Josephine Hamilton
Pierre Arditi
Toby Teasdale / Miles Coombes / Lionel Hepplewick / Joe Hepplewick
Peter Hudson
Narrator

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Alain Resnais
Writers: Agnès Jaoui, Jean-Pierre Bacri
Languages: French
Countries: France

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1 / 5

ERA

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33 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 5

CINEMA

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Part of the "Smoking / No Smoking Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 5

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 5

CAST

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Sabine Azéma and Pierre Arditi and Peter Hudson carry the top of the cast.

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5 / 5

WILD

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Only 9 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Alain Resnais directs. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.

Trivia

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133 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "Smoking / No Smoking Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Sabine Azéma and Pierre Arditi and Peter Hudson carry the top of the cast.
5Only 9 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.