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Hiroshima Mon Amour
The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the vanguard productions of the French New Wave. Set in Hiroshima after the end of World War II, the couple -- lovers turned friends -- recount, over many hours, previous romances and life experiences. The two intertwine their stories about the past with pondering the devastation wrought by the atomic bomb dropped on the city.
1959 · Directed by Alain Resnais · 92 min · Drama · History · Romance · 23 frames
Tagline
From the measureless depths of a woman's emotions...
Crew
- Screenplay: Marguerite Duras
- Cinematography: Michio Takahashi, Sacha Vierny
- Edited by: Anne Sarraute, Jasmine Chasney, Henri Colpi
- Music: Giovanni Fusco, Georges Delerue
- Production design: Minoru Esaka, Mayo, Petri, Lucilla Mussini
- Produced by: Samy Halfon, Anatole Dauman
Cast
- Emmanuelle Riva as Elle
- Eiji Okada as Lui
- Stella Dassas as Mother
- Pierre Barbaud as Father
- Bernard Fresson as German Lover
Production
- Country: France, Japan
- Language: English, French, Japanese
- Studios: Argos films, Como Films, Daiei Film, Pathé Overseas
- Box office: $3,193
- Themes: new love, france, atomic bomb, return, lover, architect, hiroshima, japan, black and white, family, extramarital affair
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