Smoking/No Smoking (1993)

Director:

Alain Resnais

Writers:

Alan Ayckbourn (play), Jean-Pierre Bacri,

Stars:

Sabine Azéma, Pierre Arditi, Peter Hudson

11 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Sabine Azéma	...	Celia Teasdale / Sylvie Bell / Irene Pridworthy / Rowena Coombes / Josephine Hamilton
Pierre Arditi	...	Toby Teasdale / Miles Coombes / Lionel Hepplewick / Joe Hepplewick
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Peter Hudson	...	Narrator

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

actress playing multiple roles | garden | alternative reality | cult director | crisis of conscience | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

France Italy Switzerland

Language:

French

Release Date:

15 December 1993 (France)

Also Known As:

Fumar/Não Fumar

Filming Locations:

Studios 91 Arpajon, Saint-Germain-les-Arpajon, Essonne, France

Box Office

Gross:

$57,033 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Arena Films, Caméra One, France 2 Cinéma

Technical Specs

Runtime:

298 min 298 min (2 parts)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Dolby SR

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The two stars of these films also starred in the film version of Alan Ayckbourn's Private Fears in Public Places, also directed by Alain Resnais. Resnais and Sabine Azéma are husband and wife.

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Connections

Featured in Empreintes: Pierre Arditi, un acteur au présent (2012)

User Reviews

the best Resnais

This is one of the most intelligent and elegant movies ever made. And, still, it's funny and somehow happy. Of course, if you don't like minimalism and a playful conception, you will not love it. But you have to see it. Growing old, Alain Resnais becomes younger and fresher. It's far younger than all the Tarantinos. He's more free. Free from the author's giant ego, free from the film-industry mechanics, free from the boredom of 90% of "high" french movies, free from the film-language, free from everything but its own structure. Great actors, great conception. The only limit is that it's too new and too theatrical for the normal viewer. It requires a watcher with the same kind of freedom. Sorry for my broken English. However, You have to see it, really.