He is carrying on a torrid affair with a redheaded woman. Musical comedydrama about the collapse and reconstruction of a workingclass marriage. The actors toss their heads and run their mouths like prisoners let loose to race free. Its stylised dialogue often stitched together from song lyrics, lines from films and, i think, even a snatch of becketts endgame its characters bursting into lipsynched song and dance, its strange, disjointed scenes and its total lack of romance will doubtless annoy a lot of people hoping for something somewhat more straightforward. James gandolfini gives a fine performance which is even more poignent by his untimely death. Sure, theres the sweet dream of that first drag, but a whole packll do a body bad. Cigarettes is the real thing, a film that breaks out of hollywood jail with audacious originality, startling sexuality, heartfelt emotions and an anarchic liberty. Nick is an ironworker who builds and repairs bridges. The movie turns quite dark at times, but always the songs keep coming, bringing out emotions these folks cant or dont want to. Romance and cigarettes is a downanddirty musical love story set in the world of the working class. When nick meets a significantly younger woman, tula kate winslet, he starts an affair with her, much to the chagrin of his wife, and his life is thrown into upheaval. It is about the hero, nick murder, and revolves around the repercussions of his adultery and doomed fascination with the. Kate winslet and allison janney shared an impromptu kiss onstage at the hollywood film awards time duration. With james gandolfini, susan sarandon, kate winslet, steve buscemi.
In this musical that features characters lipsynching to classic songs, nick james gandolfini, a queens, n. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. This movie musical aims for fun and modern, but romance and cigarettes is too scattered and uneven to achieve either. Downanddirty musical love story set in the world of the working class. He is secretly carrying on a torrid affair with the flamehaired tula kate winslet. Watch romance and cigarettes online full movie from 2006. Romance and cigarettes was released back in 2005, and it is an american musical romantic comedy film that was both written and directed by john turturro. There were quite a few popular actors and actresses that were cast for parts in the film, and a few of them include kate winslet, as a sexy lingerie salesgirl, many moore, as the baby. Dont bother buying or your copy will also end up in the bin like mine did.
Argentina dvd title infidelidad y romance en nueva york. In it a twotiming husband must choose between his mistress and his. A downanddirty musical set in the world of workingclass new york, tells a story of a husbands journey into infidelity and redemption when he must choose between his seductive mistress and his beleaguered wife. Nov 29, 2007 trailer for the new film by john turturro. This is an odd, bad but ultimately brave, ambitious and great film. Excellent film,great storyline and acted to perfection. It is only through a tragic twist of fate that nick finally understands the extent of the pain he has inflicted on his family.
Plenty of cigarettes and foul language but little romance or any reason to continue beyond the first 20 minutes. The songs represent such artists as james brown, janis joplin, englebert humperdinck, tom jones, bruce springsteen and they also illuminate the workingclass characters hopes, dreams, fantasies and, ultimately, the way life really is when a large man james. Turturros third film as a director, might also be described as a songanddance sopranos, minus the crime and punishment and without most of the profanity. In this romantic musical comedy, a husbands life unravels as he pursues a relationship with a younger woman and reflects on his life choices. Nick james gandolfini is a new york ironworker married to kitty susan sarandon, a strong but gentle woman with whom he has three grown daughters. This downanddirty musical set in the world of workingclass new york tells the story of a husbands journey into infidelity and redemption when he must choose between his seductive mistress and his beleaguered wife. In it a twotiming husband must choose between his mistress and his beleaguered wife. Romance and cigarettes james gandolfini susan sarandon kate winslet 2005 a bluecollar worker james gandolfini alienates his wife susan sarandon and three daughters when they learn he has a mistress kate winslet.
This down and dirty musical set in the world of workingclass new york tells the story of a husbands journey into infidelity and redemption when he must choose between his seductive mistress and his beleaguered wife. A starstudded, bawdy, boisterous, exuberant and ultimately poignant musical set to classic pop songs of our time. With james gandolfini, susan sarandon, kate winslet, mandy moore. Romance and cigarettes takes the concept of lip synching of key characters to popular songs from the television works of dennis potter, and sets it against a ribald and earthy script which centres on james gandolfini very good as a man torn between two women, the wife who hates him susan sarandon and the brassy northern tart who lusts. The music of cigarettes after sex invokes not only the powerful feelings of euphoria inherent in the bands name itself, but somehow manages to recreate emot. How did one of the most magical films of the 2005 festival season become one of the hardest films of 2007 to see. Hes married to kitty, a dressmaker, a strong and gentle woman with whom he has three daughters. He is carrying on a torrid affair with a redheaded woman named tula.