1993年，法国电影大师阿仑·雷乃推出了《吸烟/不吸烟》，这是一部奇异的影片，或者说这是一套长达五个小时的孪生影片。影片尽管保留了原著中的故事发生地以及舞台剧夸张的表演风格，却放弃了内景全部在室外空间展开。更叫人惊奇的是，影片中四男五女九个人物，全部由萨宾娜·阿兹玛和皮埃尔·阿迪蒂两位演员饰演。

"Smoking" and "No Smoking" are two segments of the film which are based on closely connected plays. The original plays covered eight separate stories, which have been pared down to three each for these movies. At a certain point in the story of each segment, the five female characters (all played by Sabine Azema) and the four male characters (all played by Pierre Arditi) have their lives skillfully recapped in terms of "what might have happened" if they had made or failed to make certain choices. For example, "No Smoking" focuses chiefly on the relationship between the mild-mannered Miles Coombes and his infinitely more aggressive and ambitious wife, Rowena.

Adaptation de huit pièces d'Alan Ayckbourn (jamais représentées au théâtre) réunies en deux films de 2h20 chacun. L'histoire présente une série de personnages dans un petit village du Yorkshire interprétés par deux comédiens qui vont nous proposer plusieurs versions de leur vie. Réflexion sur le temps, ces deux films se complètent mais peuvent être vus dans l'ordre que choisira chaque spectateur.

Legato indissolubilmente con il film gemello "No Smoking" si tratta di una coppia di film pienamente teatrale. Strutturati per poter essere visti in qualsiasi ordine, nonostante proposti sempre in coppia, si tratta pur sempre di due film differenti ed autonomi.

영국 요크셔 지방의 어느 마을을 배경으로 교장, 그의 아내, 학교 수위, 그의 여자친구의 일상사를 선택과 운명의 카오스로 만들어낸 작품. 교장의 아내 셀리아가 탁자 위에 놓인 담배를 피느냐 아니냐에 따라 서로 다른 운명이 만들어진다.

En un pueblo del Yorkshire, Celia Teasdale, la mujer del director de la escuela, está limpiando su casa y, durante una pausa, duda entre fumar o no un cigarrillo. Este es el punto de partida de dos películas diferentes que analizan las consecuencias de una y otra acción. En Smoking (146 minutos), Celia se pone a fumar, mientras que en No smoking (147 minutos) decide no hacerlo. En ambos casos, la decisión de Celia afecta a la vida de los personajes.

En kvinnas beslut att ta en rökpaus i trädgården sätter igång åtta alternativa händelseförlopp i första delen av filmatiseringen av Alan Ayckbourns Intimate Exchanges.