Desc: Nicotine: Directed by Justin Christopher Ayd. With Jeff Tendall, Harold Lance, Rudy Pavich, Andy Josephson. NICOTINE is a free-form exploration about a group of four elementary school friends now in their late 20s. Paul, who is the center and balance of them all, is unhappy with his position in life and is slowly losing his grip on things when something happens with one of his friends.