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Smoking

1993-12-15 · 139 min · ★ 7.7

Drama · Comedy · Romance

Two actors play eighteen different roles in a story that asks the question: would my life have been different if I had lit a cigarette?

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Directors
Alain Resnais
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Countries
France
Status
Released

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Sabine AzémaSabine AzémaCelia Teasdale / Sylvie Bell / Irene Pridworthy / Rowena Coombes / Josephine Hamilton
Pierre ArditiPierre ArditiToby Teasdale / Miles Coombes / Lionel Hepplewick / Joe Hepplewick
Peter HudsonPeter HudsonNarrator

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