Smoking / No Smoking

The story presents a series of characters in a small Yorkshire village played by two actors who offer us several versions of their lives depending on whether or not they lit a cigarette at a certain point in time.

Cast

Sabine Azéma

as Celia Teasdale / Sylvie Bell / Irene Pridworthy / Rowena Coombes / Josephine Hamilton

Pierre Arditi

as Toby Teasdale / Miles Coombes / Lionel Hepplewick / Joe Hepplewick

Peter Hudson

as Narrator

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