Romance & Cigarettes
Release Date: September 7, 2007 (NY)
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Director: John Turturro
Screenwriter: John Turturro
Genre: Musical, Romance
MPAA Rating: R (for sexual content including some strong dialogue, and language)
Website: Not Available
Starring: James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Steve Buscemi, Kumar Pallana, Christopher Walken, Mandy Moore, Aida Turturro, Mary-Louise Parker, Eddie Izzard, Bobby Cannavale, Ivan Fatovic, Tony Goldwyn, Amy Sedaris, Elaine Stritch, Amedeo Turturro
Plot Summary: "Romance & Cigarettes" is a down-and-dirty musical love story set in the world of the working class. Nick (Gandolfini) is an ironworker who builds and repairs bridges. He's married to Kitty (Sarandon), 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 (Winslet). Nick is basically a good, hardworking man driven forward by will and blinded by his urges. Like Oedipus at Colonus, he is sent into exile and searches to find his way back through the damage he has done. In an imaginative, humorous, and touching way, "Romance & Cigarettes" explores the cost and value of a relationship through life and death. When the characters can no longer express themselves with language, they break into song, lip-synching the tunes lodged in their subconscious. It is their way to escape the harsh reality of their world – to dream, to remember, and to connect to another human being.
Release Date: September 7, 2007 (NY)
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Director: John Turturro
Screenwriter: John Turturro
Genre: Musical, Romance
MPAA Rating: R (for sexual content including some strong dialogue, and language)
Website: Not Available
Starring: James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Steve Buscemi, Kumar Pallana, Christopher Walken, Mandy Moore, Aida Turturro, Mary-Louise Parker, Eddie Izzard, Bobby Cannavale, Ivan Fatovic, Tony Goldwyn, Amy Sedaris, Elaine Stritch, Amedeo Turturro
Plot Summary: "Romance & Cigarettes" is a down-and-dirty musical love story set in the world of the working class. Nick (Gandolfini) is an ironworker who builds and repairs bridges. He's married to Kitty (Sarandon), 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 (Winslet). Nick is basically a good, hardworking man driven forward by will and blinded by his urges. Like Oedipus at Colonus, he is sent into exile and searches to find his way back through the damage he has done. In an imaginative, humorous, and touching way, "Romance & Cigarettes" explores the cost and value of a relationship through life and death. When the characters can no longer express themselves with language, they break into song, lip-synching the tunes lodged in their subconscious. It is their way to escape the harsh reality of their world – to dream, to remember, and to connect to another human being.
