Smoking / No Smoking (1993)
4h 58m
Running Time
December 15, 1993Release Date
Smoking / No Smoking (1993)
4h 58m
Running Time
December 15, 1993Release Date
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Plot.
"Smoking" and "No Smoking" are two segments of the film which are based on closely connected plays. The original plays covered eight separate stories, which have been pared down to three each for these movies. At a certain point in the story of each segment, the five female characters (all played by Sabine Azema) and the four male characters (all played by Pierre Arditi) have their lives skillfully recapped in terms of "what might have happened" if they had made or failed to make certain choices. For example, "No Smoking" focuses chiefly on the relationship between the mild-mannered Miles Coombes and his infinitely more aggressive and ambitious wife, Rowena.
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Cast & Crew.
Sabine Azéma
Celia Teasdale / Sylvie Bell / Irene Pridworthy
Pierre Arditi
Toby Teasdale / Miles Coombes / Lionel Hepplewick
Albert Jurgenson
Editor
Peter Hudson
Narrator
Alain Resnais
Director
Renato Berta
Director of Photography
Alan Ayckbourn
Writer
Jean-Pierre Bacri
Writer
Media.
Details.
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Wiki.
Smoking/No Smoking is a 1993 French comedy film. It was directed by Alain Resnais and written by Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri, from the play Intimate Exchanges by Alan Ayckbourn. The film starred Pierre Arditi and Sabine Azéma.
It won the César Award for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Writing.
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