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Smoke
MEANRANK
75/100
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 62, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 89.
See the most agreed on films →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.
Details
- Director
- Wayne Wang
- Writer
- Paul Auster
- Studio
- Miramax, NDF International, Eurospace
- Released
- 9 June 1995
- Country
- Germany, Japan, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $7.0M
- Box office
- $8.3M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 0 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 3 →3 wins from 3 nominations across 3 ceremonies
| Silver nugget 1996 | the best foreign film | Winner | |
| National Board of Review: Top Ten Films 1995 | National Board of Review: Top Ten Films | Winner | |
| Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize 1995 | Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize | Winner |
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×| National Board of Review: Top Ten Films | Winner |
| Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize | Winner |
| the best foreign film | Winner |