"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.
Last Year at Marienbad
Drama, Romance
7.4
Delusions of Grandeur
Comedy, History
7.4
Going Places
Comedy, Drama
6.8
Same Old Song
Drama, Comedy, Romance
7.0
Gym Class
Drama
5.9
Mélo
Drama, Romance
6.9
One Night... a Train
Drama, Fantasy
6.1
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Comedy
7.4
Three Colors: Blue
Drama
7.7
Snatch
Crime, Comedy
7.8
Green Book
Drama, History
8.2
Parasite
Comedy, Thriller, Drama
8.5
A Quiet Place
Horror, Drama, Science Fiction
7.4
Lady Bird
Drama, Comedy
7.3
Joker
Crime, Thriller, Drama
8.1
Arrival
Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery
7.6
The Silence of the Lambs
Crime, Drama, Thriller
8.3
Marriage Story
Drama
7.7
They Live
Science Fiction, Action
7.3
Memento
Mystery, Thriller
8.2
The Caretaker
TV Movie, Drama
0.0
Threesome
Comedy, Horror, Romance
4.8
Youthful
Drama, Action
8.0
The Ruling Class
Comedy, Drama
6.4
It's the Rage
Comedy
5.5
The Undressing
Drama
4.4
Incident Urbain
Drama
0.0
The Prom
Romance, Comedy
6.1
Nostalgia
Drama
5.5
Petos
Drama, Crime
5.2
He Won't Kill, She Won't Die
Romance, Comedy
6.7
Desire Under the Elms
Drama, Romance
0.0
Lucerna
Drama
5.0
Pohled do očí
Drama
0.0
Wild Tales
Drama, Thriller, Comedy
7.9
Onegin
Drama, Romance
6.2
The Human Side
Drama
0.0
Shadowlands
Drama, Romance
6.9
Anything Goes
Romance, Comedy, Music, TV Movie
6.0
Anton Spelec, Sharp-Shooter
Comedy
7.1