歯医者の竹林と妻は退屈な結婚生活を送っている。二人は旅行に行き、帰りの列車で竹林は北宮の妻に言い寄るが振られる。北宮は、妻が歯が痛いとこぼすので竹林の診療所を勧める。そして嫉妬と誤解から一騒動が起きるが、結局、北宮夫妻は仲直りするのだった。

恋愛よりも仕事を優先してきた主人公・池上紗南が、中学の同級生・竹林圭太と再会するところから物語が始まる。紗南と圭太は結婚前提の交際をスタートさせるが、彼女にはセフレ関係である金子達也の存在があった。

恋愛よりも仕事を優先してきた主人公・池上紗南が、中学の同級生・竹林圭太と再会するところから物語が始まる。紗南と圭太は結婚前提の交際をスタートさせるが、彼女にはセフレ関係である金子達也の存在があった。

歯医者の竹林と妻は退屈な結婚生活を送っている。二人は旅行に行き、帰りの列車で竹林は北宮の妻に言い寄るが振られる。北宮は、妻が歯が痛いとこぼすので竹林の診療所を勧める。そして嫉妬と誤解から一騒動が起きるが、結局、北宮夫妻は仲直りするのだった。

A major portion of "Cigarettes and Coffee" was later adapted, expanded and basically re-made into p.t. Anderson's first feature film, "Hard Eight". The most interesting part of "Cigarettes" was later used as the first scene for "Hard Eight"--in both Phillip Baker Hall's character interrogates a young drifter in a roadside diner and explains a few things about life and the art of conversation to him. In "Hard Eight" the two then go on to have a father-son type relationship in a fairly straightforward narrative (the most straightforward of any of p.t.'s later films). Here in the seminal "Cigarettes and Coffee", however, Baker Hall's conversation with the young man is only one of three happening simultaneously in the diner. P.T. cuts between the three, and we soon learn that the lives of the three seemingly-unrelated sets of characters do actually intersect in unexpectd ways. In this way, the short film is much more like the director's recent Altman-inspired "Magnolia" than it it either "Hard Eight" or "Boogie Nights." "Cigarettes and Coffee" has played on The Sundance Channel (or was it The Independent Film Channel?) quite frequently.

A major portion of "Cigarettes and Coffee" was later adapted, expanded and basically re-made into p.t. Anderson's first feature film, "Hard Eight". The most interesting part of "Cigarettes" was later used as the first scene for "Hard Eight"--in both Phillip Baker Hall's character interrogates a young drifter in a roadside diner and explains a few things about life and the art of conversation to him. In "Hard Eight" the two then go on to have a father-son type relationship in a fairly straightforward narrative (the most straightforward of any of p.t.'s later films). Here in the seminal "Cigarettes and Coffee", however, Baker Hall's conversation with the young man is only one of three happening simultaneously in the diner. P.T. cuts between the three, and we soon learn that the lives of the three seemingly-unrelated sets of characters do actually intersect in unexpectd ways. In this way, the short film is much more like the director's recent Altman-inspired "Magnolia" than it it either "Hard Eight" or "Boogie Nights." "Cigarettes and Coffee" has played on The Sundance Channel (or was it The Independent Film Channel?) quite frequently.

Golden Bear for Best Short Film (win) - - 2004 Berlin International Film Festival

Golden Bear for Best Short Film (win) - - 2004 Berlin International Film Festival

Eight teams of two talented home bakers will compete and create outstanding savory and sweet creations for themed challenges in order to win a cash prize.