SMOKING, directed by Alain Resnais from a screenplay by French playwrights Jean-Pierre Bacri and Agnes Jaoui, is based on a play cycle by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn. It's an elegant film, unremarkable except for a series of plot twists and alternate endings, about several typically
English village characters, all played by two performers, Pierre Arditi and Sabine Azema.
The basic story is quite simple: Toby and Celia Teasdale's marriage is on the rocks. Toby is a short-tempered, alcoholic head-master at the village public school, and his wife is looking for a possible escape from her unhappy situation. Pausing for a smoke in her garden during a typicall...
Released:
1993
Rated:
NR
Length:
140 mins