

Comedy · Drama
Smoke
The most precious things are lighter than air.
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.
Part of the Brooklyn Cigar Store Collection →Trailer
Top 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
Directed by
Wayne Wang
Production
Reviews
Filipe Manuel Neto
5/106/18/2023
**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 cinematography resources, nor visuals. Everything here revolves around the characters, their individual stories, the way they intersect and interconnect. The script is very important for the film, but the wor
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