Smoking Causes Coughing

2022 1h 17m FR

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6.0

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★6.0TMDB · 430

ComedyFantasyScience Fiction

Synopsis

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After a devastating battle against a diabolical turtle, a team of five avengers — known as the "Tobacco Force" — is sent on a mandatory retreat to strengthen their decaying group cohesion, where they share scary stories the film depicts. Their storytelling sojourn goes wonderfully well until Lézardin, Emperor of Evil, decides to annihilate planet Earth.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Gilles Lellouche
Benzène
Vincent Lacoste
Méthanol
Anaïs Demoustier
Nicotine
Jean-Pascal Zadi
Mercure
Oulaya Amamra
Ammoniaque
Alain Chabat
Chef Didier (voice)
David Marsais
Jacques
Julia Faure
Denise

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Quentin Dupieux
Writers: Quentin Dupieux
Languages: French
Countries: France

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RUNTIME

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Tight 77-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Quentin Dupieux, shot by Quentin Dupieux. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Quentin Dupieux shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Gilles Lellouche and Vincent Lacoste and Anaïs Demoustier carry the top of the cast.

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IMDB entry: tt15471560 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Quentin Dupieux directs. Quentin Dupieux behind the camera. Quentin Dupieux cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 77-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 4 years ago.
3Directed by Quentin Dupieux, shot by Quentin Dupieux. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Quentin Dupieux shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Gilles Lellouche and Vincent Lacoste and Anaïs Demoustier carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt15471560 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Released under 12 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Quentin Dupieux
Editing: Quentin Dupieux
Production design: Joan Le Boru
Costume design: Justine Pearce
Makeup / hair: Karine Foret
VFX supervisor: Sébastien Rame
Sound: Jean-Paul Hurier
Stunt coordinator: Emmanuel Lanzi
Runtime: 77 min · 1h 17m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $6,009,575
Original language: FR
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Smoking Causes Coughing (2022)

Awards

Sitges Film Festival Best Screenplay award

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CinemaSerf2023-07-21
★ 6/10
The avenging "Tobacco Force" group of crime fighters is struggling to function. After many years of combating enemy beasties using their superpowers - the chemicals that, when combined, cause cancer - they are all just falling out of synch. This has not escaped the notice of their ferret-like boss "Chef Didier" who sends them all to a remote retreat where they are to work on their teamwork skills. Around the camp fire, one decides to regale the others with his most terrifying story - and thereafter, one by one, they proceed to outdo each other with increasingly incredulous stories whilst the two women of the group - "Nicotine" (Anaïs Demoustier) and "Ammoniaque" (Oulaya Amamra) pine over the spurned affections of their really pretty revolting, dribbling, boss (anyone remember "Roland Rat"?). For a while it's quite quirkily entertaining, this film - but after about half an hour the joke has worn thin, the pace drops off and the whole thing just loses it's way. It is original - at times it reminded me a little of "Galaxy Quest" (1999), and clearly there is a warning against using the dreaded weed, but Quentin Dupieux didn't really have enough material to sustain this - even for eighty minutes. That said, it is still worth a watch and there are occasions when it made me smile - just not enough of them - and on the telly will do fine.

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