"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.

A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the author...

An anthology of eleven vignettes featuring star-studded casts of extremely unique individuals who al...

An unemployed pot-smoking slacker and amateur drummer, Anthony Stoner ditches his strict parents and...

A wacky group of locals visit the neighborhood cigar shop, looking for good times and finding plenty...
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Starring Masahiko Nishimura, "MADO(Window)" is an extremely closed, socially conscious drama based o...

Happily married for three years, Ann and David Smith live in New York. One morning Ann asks David if...

A heavily addicted smoker is unprepared for the true price he must pay when he asks a guru's help to...

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happi...

"Fag End" is an astute representation of the metaphorical death of a mother. The movie revolves arou...

Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and ...

The students of Suzuran High compete for the King of School title. An ex-graduate yakuza is sent to ...

Two not-too-bright party girls reinvent themselves for their high school reunion. Armed with a borro...

A desperate mind can cling to many things in a tormented effort to compensate for emotional voids. T...

A ten pointed funny story with ten different characters shows us literally ten ways to seem cool in ...

Genji and his victorious G.P.S. alliance find themselves facing down a new challenge by the students...

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An internal struggle ensues when a young man is confronted with the choice between his girl and his ...