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The Man Who Quit Smoking

1972 · 104 min

A light, absurd Swedish comedy about a man's hilarious and desperate struggle to quit smoking for a fortune.

Overview
The Plot focuses on Dante Alighieri, a young man who loves smoking. When his father dies Dante inherits $17 million on one special condition: He must give up smoking in 14 days and then stay smoke-free for an entire year. If he fails, his uncle inherits the $17 million instead. Dante has a living hell while trying to quit, and hires a private detective agency called Little Secret Service who he gives free hands to stop him from smoking, While his uncle, who has taken up smoking himself, also does everything he can to make Dante smoke again.

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • addiction
  • greed
  • family
  • obsession
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour8
Realism6
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Tage Danielsson
Written by
Tage Danielsson
Starring
Gösta Ekman, Grynet Molvig, Toivo Pawlo, Holger Löwenadler, Gunn Wållgren, Pierre Lindstedt, Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt, Jan-Olof Strandberg
Music
Gunnar Svensson
Cinematography
Kalle Bergholm
Runtime
104 min
Country
Denmark, France, Sweden
Languages
Danish, French, Swedish, English

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