Movie: Smoking / No Smoking

Top 3 Billed Cast

Sabine Azéma
Sabine Azéma

Celia Teasdale / Sylvie Bell / Irene Pridworthy / Rowena Coombes / Josephine Hamilton

Pierre Arditi
Pierre Arditi

Toby Teasdale / Miles Coombes / Lionel Hepplewick / Joe Hepplewick

Peter Hudson
Peter Hudson

Narrator

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    "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.

  • Release Date

    1993-12-15

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    6.493

  • Rating:

    3.2 starts
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    Français
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