Smoking
Dir: Alain Resnais
France, 1993, French, 140mins, DCP
Cast: Sabine Azéma, Pierre Arditi
Compressing Alan Ayckbourn's variation-loaded octet of plays into a pair of interactive features, Resnais takes a playful look at the unknowing distortion and unlimited potential of human life from a detached position. Filmed entirely in a Paris studio depicting a Yorkshire village, it involves nine characters, all played by versatile thesps Sabine Azéma and Pierre Arditi. The plot evolves around the smoking and not smoking of a headmaster's wife, whose decision sparks off a different chain of events, but all the while back-pedals at crucial junctures and then branching off towards other direction. A funny yet enthralling examination of chance encounters, thoughts left unsaid, aspirations and disappointments, probing the provoking question: what if, life has other possibilities?
Berlin International Film Festival: Silver Bear Award
César Awards: 5 awards including Best Film and Best Director
Screening:
In-theatre Screening
Full House 2022-10-09 (Sun)
14:00
PREMIERE Elements (Venue)
Hong Kong Arts Centre Louis Koo Cinema (Venue)
HK Science Museum Lecture Hall
Hong Kong Film Archive
K11 Art House
The Metroplex
Festival Grand Cinema
the sky
MCL Telford Cinema
Tai Kwun
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EMP Cinemas Times Square (Venue)
The Grand Cinema
Broadway Hollywood
Cine Moko
Chinese Subtitles
Category III
Post-screening discussion with the director
Director and/or actor(s) will meet the audience
Post-screening talk
Full House
Introduction