ComedyFantasy

Smoking Causes Coughing

After a devastating battle against a diabolical turtle, a team of five avengers — known as the "Tobacco Force" — is sent on a mandatory retreat to strengthen their decaying group cohesion. Their sojourn goes wonderfully well until Lézardin, Emperor of Evil, decides to annihilate planet Earth.

Release Date : 2022-11-30

Language :French

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Chi-Fou-Mi ProductionsGaumont

Production Country : France

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Benzène

Original Name : Gilles Lellouche

Gender : Male

Character Name : Méthanol

Original Name : Vincent Lacoste

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nicotine

Original Name : Anaïs Demoustier

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mercure

Original Name : Jean-Pascal Zadi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ammoniaque

Original Name : Oulaya Amamra

Gender : Female

Character Name : Chef Didier (voice)

Original Name : Alain Chabat

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jacques

Original Name : David Marsais

Gender : Male

Character Name : Denise

Original Name : Julia Faure

Gender : Female

Character Name : Céline

Original Name : Adèle Exarchopoulos

Gender : Female

Character Name : Christophe

Original Name : Grégoire Ludig

Gender : Male

Character Name : Agathe

Original Name : Doria Tillier

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bruno

Original Name : Jérôme Niel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tata Tony

Original Name : Blanche Gardin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Michaël

Original Name : Anthony Sonigo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Max

Original Name : Raphaël Quenard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lézardin

Original Name : Benoît Poelvoorde

Gender : Male

Character Name : Le gosse

Original Name : Tanguy Mercier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tortusse / Carfardin

Original Name : Olivier Afonso

Gender : Male

Character Name : Norbert 500 / Norbert 1200 (voice)

Original Name : Ferdinand Canaud

Gender : Male

Character Name : La caissière

Original Name : Marie Bunel

Gender : Female

Character Name : Josette

Original Name : Thémis Terrier-Thiébaux

Gender : Female

Character Name : Le père de Josette

Original Name : Sava Lolov

Gender : Male

Character Name : La mère de Josette / Nicole

Original Name : Charlotte Laemmel

Gender : Female

Character Name : Barracuda / L'assistant de Lézardin (voice)

Original Name : Franck Lascombes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ouvrier 1

Original Name : Frédéric Bonpart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ouvrier 2

Original Name : José Da Silva

Gender : Male

Character Name : La femme de Mercure

Original Name : Elodie Mareau

Gender : Male

Character Name : Enfant de Mercure 1

Original Name : Lou Tribord

Gender : Male

Character Name : Enfant de Mercure 2

Original Name : Zoé Tribord

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lézardine

Original Name : Benoîte Chivot

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lezardou

Original Name : Jules Dhios Francisco

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rebecca

Original Name : Marie-Pierre Bellefleur

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-07-22

The avenging "Tobacco Force" group of crime fighters is struggling to function. After many years of combating enemy beasties using their superpowers - the chemicals that, when combined, cause cancer - they are all just falling out of synch. This has not escaped the notice of their ferret-like boss "Chef Didier" who sends them all to a remote retreat where they are to work on their teamwork skills. Around the camp fire, one decides to regale the others with his most terrifying story - and thereafter, one by one, they proceed to outdo each other with increasingly incredulous stories whilst the two women of the group - "Nicotine" (Anaïs Demoustier) and "Ammoniaque" (Oulaya Amamra) pine over the spurned affections of their really pretty revolting, dribbling, boss (anyone remember "Roland Rat"?). For a while it's quite quirkily entertaining, this film - but after about half an hour the joke has worn thin, the pace drops off and the whole thing just loses it's way. It is original - at times it reminded me a little of "Galaxy Quest" (1999), and clearly there is a warning against using the dreaded weed, but Quentin Dupieux didn't really have enough material to sustain this - even for eighty minutes. That said, it is still worth a watch and there are occasions when it made me smile - just not enough of them - and on the telly will do fine.