Smoking Causes Coughing (French: Fumer fait tousser) is a 2022 French comedy anthology film written, shot, edited and directed by Quentin Dupieux. It stars an ensemble cast, led by Gilles Lellouche, Vincent Lacoste, Anaïs Demoustier, Jean-Pascal Zadi [fr] and Oulaya Amamra featuring David Marsais [fr], Adèle Exarchopoulos, Grégoire Ludig [fr], Doria Tillier, Jérôme Niel, Blanche Gardin, Alain Chabat and Benoît Poelvoorde.
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| French | Fumer fait tousser |
| Directed by | Quentin Dupieux |
| Written by | Quentin Dupieux |
| Produced by | Hugo Sélignac |
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| Cinematography | Quentin Dupieux |
| Edited by | Quentin Dupieux |
Production company | Chi-Fou-Mi Productions |
| Distributed by | Gaumont (France) |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
The film follows the adventures of a team of five avengers (Lellouche, Lacoste, Demoustier, Zadi and Amamra) who went on compulsory retreat in order to strengthen cohesion within their group until an enemy named Lézardin (Poelvoorde) interrupts this retreat by deciding to destroy the planet Earth. Several French critics cited Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Choudenshi Bioman, Tales from the Crypt, Power Rangers and Les Nuls as inspirations for the film.[1][2][3]
Smoking Causes Coughing had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on 21 May 2022 to the non-competitive Midnight Screening section. The film is scheduled to be released in France on 30 November, 2022 by Gaumont.
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...
The film premiered at the midnight section of the Cannes Film Festival on 21 May 2022.[4][5]
Valerie Complex of Deadline Hollywood wrote that "The director’s stories know how to take extreme violence and turn it into sarcasm and comedy, often using inanimate objects to reflect humanity’s shortcomings."[6] Guy Lodge of Variety wrote that "In this amiably trollish throwaway, Dupieux invites his characters and audience alike to chill out and take things as they come, preferably with a smoke in hand."[7] Martin Kudlac of ScreenAnarchy wrote that Dupieux "approaches the rabbit hole of meta-fictional narration with a Lewis Carrol verve."[8] Tim Grierson of Screen Daily wrote that "It’s all fairly obvious, but also pretty consistently funny."[9]
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