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.
00:07:17 In the beginning, he once said 'Bravo' after I baked a cake.
00:14:05 So you were saying...
00:19:53 Toby doesn't want to lose you.
00:24:49 I like men with a little bum. A real bum.
00:30:22 It's difficult to talk in the dark like this.
00:36:53 Don't forget the flag. -Alright, Pridworthy. Thanks.
00:42:45 Did you happen to see my ball?
00:47:49 I'm like a clown to you. -Not at all.
00:55:48 Or she said this:
01:02:34 What a mood.
01:08:05 Not with Frank Arrowsmith, not with Geoff Hampton and not with the others.
01:13:46 He's my friend. -You should talk to him.
01:19:14 Oh, another thing. Rowena said something as well.
01:25:24 Why don't you talk to me? I'm all alone.
01:30:26 How do I go home now? Bitch. Get lost.
01:36:36 Oh my, Miles. Why are you harassing people?
01:42:24 A depression, nervous breakdown. -Yes, I was eating light bulbs all day.
01:48:36 Look at that view. Do you see houses, highways, cars, tourists?
01:53:38 The oil rig hasn't gone. It's foggy. -Yes, sea fog.
01:58:35 What do you hear? -Just the sea.
02:04:10 five years later a wedding
02:09:55 I want to think. I'm going this way. -That way?
02:17:00 Hard to understand.