CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

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Romance & Cigarettes posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE2005 1h 45m USA

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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Romance & Cigarettes

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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME

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CURATING YOUR NEXT FRAME

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

A musical set in the world of working-class New York, telling the story of a husband's journey into infidelity and redemption when he must choose between his seductive mistress and his beleaguered wife.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

James Gandolfini

James Gandolfini

Nick Murder

Susan Sarandon

Susan Sarandon

Kitty

Steve Buscemi

Steve Buscemi

Angelo

Mandy Moore

Mandy Moore

Baby

Eddie Izzard

Eddie Izzard

Gene Vincent

Bobby Cannavale

Bobby Cannavale

Fryburg

John Turturro

John Turturro

Male Dancer & Singer

Aida Turturro

Rosebud