Smoking / No Smoking movie storyline. In Yorkshire, Toby Teasdale is the alcoholic director of a school and married with two children with Celia Teasdale that is very unhappy. They have a maid, Sylvie Bell, and a guardian and handyman, Lionel Hepplewick, at school. Toby’s best friend is Miles Coombes, who is married with three children with the easy Rowena Coombes. Along the years, simple attitudes might have changed their lives.
Smoking/No Smoking is a 1993 French comedy film. It was directed by Alain Resnais and written by Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri, from the play Intimate Exchanges by Alan Ayckbourn. The film starred Pierre Arditi and Sabine Azéma. It won the César Award for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Writing.
Awards and Nominations
Berlin Film Festival (Germany)
Won: Silver Bear – Outstanding Single Achievement (Alain Resnais)
Nominated: Golden Bear
César Awards (France)
Won: Best Actor – Leading Role (Pierre Arditi)
Won: Best Director (Alain Resnais)
Won: Best Film
Won: Best Production Design (Jacques Saulnier)
Won: Best Writing (Jean-Pierre Bacri and Agnès Jaoui)
Nominated: Best Actress – Leading Role (Sabine Azéma)
Nominated: Best Cinematography (Renato Berta)
Nominated: Best Editing (Albert Jurgenson)
Nominated: Best Sound (Bernard Bats and Gérard Lamps)
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics (France)
Won: Best Film
Louis Delluc Prize (France)
Won: Best Film
Smoking / No Smoking (1993)
Directed by: Alain Resnais
Starring: Sabine Azéma, Pierre Arditi, Peter Hudson (Narrator)
Screenplay by: Agnès Jaoui, Jean-Pierre Bacri
Production Design by: Jacques Saulnier
Cinematography by: Renato Berta
Film Editing by: Albert Jurgenson
Costume Design by: Jackie Budin
Music by: John Pattison
Distributed by: Pyramide Distribution
Release Date: December 15, 1993
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