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Smoke

1995 · 112 min

A gentle, talky drift through chance encounters and small kindnesses, quietly funny and quietly sad, rewarding patience with warmth.

Directed by
Wayne Wang
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Stockard Channing
Tagline
The most precious things are lighter than air.
Overview
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.

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Directed by
Wayne Wang
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Stockard Channing
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • found family
  • family
  • redemption
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Directed by
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