Smoking Causes Coughing
We were delighted to previously screen this film but we have no current plans to screen it again. If you'd like to watch it in the cinema, consider a private hire to watch it with friends. That does rely on the film being available for private purchase.
Film details
| Film Title | Smoking Causes Coughing |
|---|---|
| Suitability | |
| Genre | |
| Length | 80mins |
| Year | 2022 |
| Country | France |
| Director | Quentin Dupieux |
| Actors | Gilles Lellouche, Vincent Lacoste, Anaïs Demoustier, Jean-Pascal Zadi, Oulaya Amamra, David Marsais, Julia Faure, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Grégoire Ludig, Doria Tillier, Jérôme Niel, Blanche Gardin, Anthony Sonigo, Raphaël Quenard, Benoît Poelvoorde |
| Language | French |
| AKA | Fumer fait tousser |
| Showings |
After a devastating battle against a diabolical turtle, a team of five avengers — known as the “Tobacco Force” — is sent on a mandatory retreat to strengthen their decaying group cohesion. Their sojourn goes wonderfully well until Lézardin, Emperor of Evil, decides to annihilate planet Earth.
Unpredictable, digressive, looping and parenthetical in structure, Smoking Causes Coughing is one of the most formally daring and unexpected films of the year.
★★★★
The portmanteau structure suits Dupieux’s demented sensibility, providing a wildly varied yet consistently entertaining dose of bafflement and bemusement.
★★★★
The film has got some Python, Douglas Adams, Charlie Kaufman and also John Waters and Ed Wood Jr in it; it’s also possible that Dupieux has seen Peter Cook and Dudley Moore in Stanley Donen’s Bedazzled.
★★★★
Trying to explain Smoking Causes Coughing is like recounting a dream: The person listening might not care, and it might not mean anything to them, but it leaves a weirdly unforgettable impression on the spectator.
★★★★
