Smoke( 1995)

TV-MAComedyDrama

72%

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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.

Top Billed Cast

Harvey Keitel
Augustus 'Auggie' Wren
William Hurt
Paul Benjamin
Stockard Channing
Ruby McNutt
Harold Perrineau
Thomas 'Rashid' Cole
Forest Whitaker
Cyrus Cole
Giancarlo Esposito
1st OTB Man / Tommy
José Zúñiga
2nd OTB Man / Jerry
Stephen Gevedon
OTB Man #3 / Dennis
Jared Harris
Jimmy Rose
Ashley Judd
Felicity
Victor Argo
Vinnie
Michelle Hurst
Aunt Em
Erica Gimpel
Doreen Cole
Deirdre O'Connell
Sue the Waitress
Malik Yoba
The Creeper
Murray Moston
Waiter
Mary B. Ward
April Lee the Bookstore Clerk
Daniel Auster
Book Thief
Vincenzo Amelia
Irate Customer
Gilson Reglas
Cyrus Jr.
Howie Rose
Baseball Announcer
Mel Gorham
Violet
Baxter Harris
Lawyer #1
Paul Geier
Lawyer #2
Walter T. Meade
Roger Goodwin
Clarice Taylor
Grandma Ethel
Marshall Dancing Elk Lucas
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A review by Filipe Manuel Neto

Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on Sun Jun 18 2023

**A set of stories, more than a story made up of stories.** This film reminded me, in a certain way, of a polite version of “Clerks”, an unorthodox comedy where everything revolves around a convenience store, a video club and two employees from those same stores. Here, everything revolves around Auggie Wren's tobacconist, who takes a picture of the shop every day, at the same time. In one of them, by chance, the deceased wife of one of the store's customers appears who, after being saved from being run over by a boy, decides to help him. The film is discreet, does not have great cinematog...