Smoking / No Smoking
1993 · 298 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 1,971 VOTES · DIR. Alain Resnais
Overview
"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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,384 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:08 We're in England.
00:07:10 Do you ever say thank you to Rowena?
00:13:17 And you give in more easily.
00:19:05 You know everything and I know nothing. I'm the only ninny here. Great.
00:24:12 That guy's so tall but his legs are so short.
00:29:29 Miles, where are you? -Here.
00:35:58 Hey, Coombes.
00:41:22 Let's be honest: we don't love each other anymore.
00:46:15 Toby's waiting for me.
00:52:49 She changed so much.
00:59:50 No. Where to? -India or Indonesia. Somewhere there.
01:06:06 But I'm not stupid. -I never said you were.
01:11:56 He's only interested in himself and in his father.
01:16:58 I can't just go. -Of course.
01:22:40 All the signs are there. -Is his nose growing or something?
01:27:52 Dear, I brought some oranges.
01:32:45 That Rowena bitch has another thing coming.
01:38:34 He dropped me off. He has a car.
01:44:42 During the holidays. -At the Costa Brava, you mean?
01:50:24 It's an oil rig.
01:55:12 Look, you can't see anything anymore. The fog is travelling along the whole coast.
02:00:04 It was something big. -It was a sheep.
02:05:30 Make him hurry, I'm worried.
02:11:28 wanted to give him a bronze plaque with a commemorative text.