Directed by John Turturro • 2005 • United States
Starring John Turturro, James Gandolfini, Kate Winslet

Produced by the Coen brothers, John Turturro’s third directorial effort is an audacious, truly one-of-a-kind musical bursting with heart and imagination. In working-class Queens, one family’s lives erupt in chaos when construction worker Nick Murder (James Gandolfini) is forced to choose between his wife (Susan Sarandon) and his sultry mistress (Kate Winslet). Set to classic tracks by Bruce Springsteen, James Brown, Dusty Springfield, and others and featuring a colorful supporting cast that includes Steve Buscemi, Christopher Walken, and Mary-Louise Parker, ROMANCE & CIGARETTES is an irresistibly offbeat, bawdily comic labor of love by all involved.