SMOKING CAUSES COUGHING
| 2023 – 80′ – Black Comedy
Written by Quentin Dupieux.
Directed by Quentin Dupieux.
Starring Gilles Lellouche, Vincent Lacoste, Anaïs Demoustier, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Grégoire Ludig, Houda Benyamina.
Official Selection: Cannes Film Festival 2022, AFI Film Festival 2022, Rendez-Vous with French Cinema New York 2023.
In French with English subtitles.
A Magnolia Pictures release.|
A wildly inventive new comedy from Quentin Dupieux (MANDIBLES, RUBBER), SMOKING CAUSES COUGHING follows the misadventures of a team of five superheroes known as the Tobacco Force – Benzene, Nicotine, Methanol, Mercury and Ammonia. After a devastating battle against a diabolical giant turtle, the Tobacco Force is sent on a mandatory week-long retreat to strengthen their decaying group cohesion. Their sojourn goes wonderfully well until Lézardin, Emperor of Evil, decides to annihilate planet Earth.