Smoking Causes Coughing

Smoking Causes Coughing (Fumer fait tousser, 2022) is a French absurdist comedy you can watch online on iFILM. Director Quentin Dupieux — the man behind Rubber and Mandibles — assembles a spandex-clad superhero squad called the Tobacco Force: five fighters named after cigarette chemicals sent on a mandatory team-building retreat. The mission: reconnect as a unit after a brutal fight with a gigantic evil turtle. What follows is mostly campfire horror-story sessions.

While the Tobacco Force swaps scary tales in the woods, their nemesis Lézardin, Emperor of Evil, quietly plots to annihilate Earth. Adèle Exarchopoulos and Anaïs Demoustier are among the suited-up cast. At 80 minutes it never overstays its welcome — Dupieux keeps the jokes cheap, the logic deliberately broken, and the tone gleefully puerile. Watch Smoking Causes Coughing (2022) online on iFILM.