Smoking / No Smoking

Smoking / No Smoking (1993)


  • Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
  • Release Date: 1993-12-15
  • User Rating: 6.405/10 from 63 ratings
  • Runtime: 4h 58min
  • Language: Français
  • Production Company: Arena Films
  • Production Country: France, Italy, Switzerland
  • Director: Alain Resnais
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Summary

"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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  • Sabine Azéma

    as Celia Teasdale / Sylvie Bell / Irene Pridworthy / Rowena Coombes / Josephine Hamilton
  • Pierre Arditi

    as Toby Teasdale / Miles Coombes / Lionel Hepplewick / Joe Hepplewick
  • Peter Hudson

    as Narrator
Directing Alain Resnais Director
Production Bruno Pésery Executive Producer
Crew Michel Seydoux Associate Choreographer
Writing Alan Ayckbourn Theatre Play
Writing Jean-Pierre Bacri Writer
Crew Anne Dutter Translator
Writing Agnès Jaoui Writer
Sound John Pattison Music
Camera Renato Berta Director of Photography
Production Michel Seydoux Associate Producer
Editing Albert Jurgenson Editor
Art Jacques Saulnier Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Jackie Budin Costume Design
Directing Olivier Trémolet Assistant Director
Directing Daniel Deleforges Assistant Director
Production Béatrice Mauduit Production Assistant

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