ROMANCE & CIGARETTES
Year: 2005
USA: Boroturro Inc
UK: Icon Film Distribution
Cast: James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Steve Buscemi, Bobby Cannavale, Mandy Moore, Mary-Louise Parker, Aida Turturro, Christopher Walken, Barbara Sukowa, Elaine Stritch, Eddie Izzard, Amy Sedaris, P J Brown, Adam Lefevre, Cady Huffman, Tonya Pinkins, David Thornton, Kumar Pullana, June Stein, Michael McElroy, Joseph Longo, Devon McRimmon, Amedeo Turturro, Ryan Webb, Jacob Lumet-Cannavale, Diego Turturro, Yianni Digaletos, Katherine Turturro, Alexandra Beller, Katherine Borowitz, Tricia Brouk, Mary Bond Davis, LaRita Gaskins, Karen Graham, Kelly Robertson, Daria Hardeman, Lisa Tachick Hooper, Wanda L Houston, Cady Huffman, Kate Johnson, Rosalynde LeBlanc, Adele Meyers, Rosetta Milardi, Emily Molnar, Elizabeth Parkinson, Nourhan Sharif, Valerie Striar, Rebecca Wender, Brian Arch, Felix Blaska, James Borowitz, Joao Caravalho, Alex Escalante, Clarence Figgures, Rudy Heron, Eric Jackson, John Kelly, David Scott Klein, Victorio Korjhan, Gelan Lambert Jr, Laurent Lambert, Raul Merced, Christopher McGovern, Otto Moreira, Christopher Morgan, Vincent Orofino, Joseph Paparone, John Selya, Gus Solomons Jr, John Turturro, Takehiro Ueyama, Dared Wright, Tom Bruno, Scott Friese, Neil Jorgensen, Buddy McKay, Robert Morgan, Robert A Pennacchia, Dave Ryan, Salty, Kendall Washington
Director: John Turturro
Country: USA
USA: 115 mins
UK: 106 mins
USA Rated: R for sexual content including some strong dialogue, and language
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong sex references, sex and language
USA Release Date: 7 September 2007 (Limited Release - New York)
UK Release Date: 24 March 2006 (Limited Release - London)
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Synopsis
ROMANCE & CIGARETTES is a down-and-dirty musical love story. 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. He is secretly carrying on a torrid affair with the flame-haired Tula (Kate Winslet). When his wife catches him and Tula wants a commitment, Nick finds himself a prisoner of his primal urges. A good man at heart, he must find his way back to his family before he runs of out chances.
Drawing on inspirations as diverse as CHARLES BUKOWSKI and THE HONEYMOONERS, this romantic adventure features songs that are anthems of our time—from James Brown, Janis Joplin, Engelbert Humperdinck, Tom Jones, Bruce Springsteen, and more—which illuminate the characters' hopes and dreams. When pushed to their breaking points (and beyond), these conflicted characters break into song, singing along—sometimes lip-synching, sometimes in full voice—with the music lodged in their subconscious.
