Holy Smoke

Holy Smoke

  • Director: Jane Campion
  • Writer: Anna Campion,Jane Campion
  • Countries of origin: United States, Australia
  • Language: English, Hindi
  • Release date: February 18, 2000
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Holy Smoke!
  • "Holy Smoke" is a feature film directed by Jane Campion and starring Kate Winslet and Harvey Keitel . It was released in Australia on December 26, 1999.
    The film tells the story of a young Australian girl, Ruth, who is very interested in the ancient oriental country India, so she travels across oceans to India to pursue her dreams   .

    Details

    • Release date February 18, 2000
    • Filming locations Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    • Production companies India Take One Productions, Miramax

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $1,765,545

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $33,307

    Gross worldwide

    $1,765,545

    Movie reviews

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    • By Erika 2022-12-25 09:49:25

      Love in the rising smoke

      Holy Smoke is the most silly of the movies I have watched recently.

      A friend of the hostess informs that he suspects that the hostess is involved in a cult organization in India and loves the top of the organization. Then the family is very worried and fabricated a lie to try to take her daughter home from India. When the daughter returns home, she finds that she has been deceived. At this time, the family is the hostess. Find illegal organizations-specifically aimed at the existence...

    • By Chadrick 2022-10-23 04:35:55

      Love without boundaries can only be destruction




      A girl from Australia Ruth (Kate Winslet) travels in India and is attracted by some mysterious power. There seems to be a perfect world, no evil, no sorrow, no hatred, only beauty, she has no thoughts. Gu Di chose to stay and follow the master.

      Does perfection really exist in the world? When something, whether spiritual or material, is portrayed to the other extreme, we all need...

    • By Lottie 2022-05-05 06:01:02

      holy shit

      I originally watched PJ with hatred, because I hate his self-righteous appearance, the face that thinks he is the savior. I also hate Ruth's family, hate them trying to change Ruth with a suffocating love. So when PJ was "played" by Ruth, I felt extremely happy. It was proof that everyone was wrong, and it was also a pleasure of revenge.

      But later when PJ knelt next to Ruth and was willing to do anything for her, I began to sympathize and accept PJ (though he was disgustingly old)...

    • By Megane 2022-05-05 06:01:02

      A bad movie

      The heroine of "Holy Smoke" is starring Kate Winslet. After going to India once, she was deeply attracted by the religion of India and decided to stay in India as a devout believer. Her mother, herself, and her family thought she had been brainwashed and hired. I went to India with a psychologist, but the heroine went home. Later, the psychologist was influenced by the heroine and fell in love with the heroine, but then she was not together. Feminism left without hesitation... I saw the cut...

    • By Brady 2022-05-05 06:01:02

      All people

      The entanglement of animals, people, gods, and the Trinity.

      Human nature embodies the irresistible original sin in front of the animal instinct. Even under the scientific psychology and the rationality of reading people, it can't stand the temptation.

      Of course, morality and law, career and family control, even if they are trivial, are also rational constraints.

      All of these are ignored in hormones.

      God is on the other shore and cannot save people on this...

    User comments

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    • By Damon 2023-09-22 20:54:42

      Li Jun. This film is quite remote. Actually it's just a love class. Once people are moved to love, their weaknesses will be...

    • By Arden 2023-09-12 14:57:42

      How to control the mind, the opposite sex, religion, marijuana. In a lonely and desolate life, one must get one. Don't believe in self-control, it's just that you haven't met the right person, the right time, and the right thing. The film is quite teasing, and the handsome play at the beginning is very old-fashioned in the 1970s, which makes people giggling. Please believe that this world has God's...

    • By Marianna 2023-09-10 22:32:39

      As long as there is love, you can ignore where you are, whether the other party is male or female, how old or young, regardless of skin color and...

    • By Brionna 2023-09-09 20:22:25

      When the green desktop font came out, it really had a wonderful feeling of the new rose...

    • By Jimmie 2023-09-03 22:31:24

      The man intervened to destroy the girl's spiritual home, and the girl fell into chaos after being defeated. The girl's mental disorder completely turned into wildfire and burned the old man in. The uninhabited field hut is perfect for all these extraordinary brews to happen, but from disorder to collapse, in the end everyone returns to daily life after liquidation. It's just that the fire burned the...

    Positive reviews

    The film attempts to express the confrontation between Western ethics and Eastern spirituality. The story of the film is a metaphor for two major civilization systems. The Australian society in the southern hemisphere is used as a cultural battlefield. It is an impact game that hurts both sides.
    While director Jane Campion explores the gender of men and women or the conflict between Eastern and Western civilizations, the film also...
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    Movie quotes

    • PJ Waters: I was young once, too, and handsome. You'd have been impressed.

      Ruth Barron: I wasn't born!

    • PJ Waters: I don't want to disempower you. If you want disempowerment, you go back to mother India. See how they treat women there. Or didn't you notice all those little ultrasounds beeping away? So that people can say, "Oh, my God, it's a girl!" And flush her out of the border.

      Ruth Barron: They're more honest.

      PJ Waters: Excuse me?

      Ruth Barron: They're more honest in their hatred of women!

      PJ Waters: I don't hate women. I love ladies.

      Ruth Barron: Ha! Ladies. You wouldn't know any. I bet you date little barbie dolls, don't you? "Oh you so brainy! You're so big! Can I suck your dick?" Can I be alone now?

    • Ruth Barron: Ok tampax tool, I'm gonna give it to you right up your arse. All this "man-hating" shit for a start. "Oh she criticised me, I'll call her a man hater!" I know what you want from me, you just want a youthful pussy transfusion, preferably one you can take home to show the men folk what a beautiful post you got to piss on. Jeans pressed, cowboy boots... is that a uniform for individuals, is it? I want a young man.

      PJ Waters: Your physical superiority makes you unkind.