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*Hiroshima mon amour* is a 1959 French and Japanese drama and romance film directed by Alain Resnais. The screenplay was written by Marguerite Duras, with cinematography by Sacha Vierny and music by Georges Delerue. The cast includes Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, and Bernard Fresson. Anatole Dauman served as producer, and Henri Colpi was the film editor. The movie is presented in black-and-white and is primarily in French.
Set in Hiroshima, the film deals with the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and aviation. It was distributed by Pathé and Netflix, and is part of the Museum of Modern Art collection. The work was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay.
The film has a runtime of 90 minutes according to IMDb, which also lists a rating of 7.8 based on 39,456 votes. TMDb reports a runtime of 92 minutes and a vote average of 7.658 from 926 votes. Production companies involved include Argos films, Como Films, Daiei Film, and Pathé Overseas.
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7.7The 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.
Cast
- Emmanuelle Riva as Elle
- Eiji Okada as Lui
- Stella Dassas as Mother
- Pierre Barbaud as Father
- Bernard Fresson as German Lover
Themes
- new love
- france
- atomic bomb
- return
- lover
- architect
- hiroshima, japan
- black and white
- family
- extramarital affair
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Alain Resnais
- Written by
- Marguerite Duras
- Produced by
- Samy Halfon Anatole Dauman
- Starring
- Emmanuelle Riva Eiji Okada
- Cinematography
- Sacha Vierny Michio Takahashi
- Edited by
- Henri Colpi Jasmine Chasney Anne Sarraute
- Music by
- Georges Delerue Giovanni Fusco
- Production companies
- Argos Films Como Films Daiei Pathé Overseas Productions
- Distributed by
- Cocinor (France) Daiei (Japan)
- Release dates
- 8 May 1959 ( 1959-05-08 ) ( Cannes ) 10 June 1959 ( 1959-06-10 ) (France) 20 June 1959 ( 1959-06-20 ) (Japan)
- Running time
- 90 minutes
- Countries
- France Japan
- Languages
- French, Japanese
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Encyclopedic overview
Hiroshima mon amour ( French pronunciation: [iʁoʃima mɔ̃n‿amuʁ], lit. Hiroshima, My Love, Japanese: 二十四時間の情事, romanized: Nijūyojikan no jōji, lit. 'Twenty-four hour love affair') is a 1959 romantic drama film directed by French director Alain Resnais and written by French author Marguerite Duras.
Resnais' first feature-length work, it was a co-production between France and Japan, and documents a series of intensely personal conversations (or one long conversation) over slightly more than a 24-hour period between an unnamed French actress and a Japanese architect. The film is notable for Resnais' innovative use of brief flashbacks to suggest flashes of memory, which create a nonlinear storyline.
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