Hiroshima mon amour

1959 film by Alain Resnais

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7.7

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.

Released: 1959-06-1092 minDir: Alain ResnaisDrama, History, Romance

Cast

Emmanuelle Riva as Elle
Eiji Okada as Lui
Stella Dassas as Mother
Pierre Barbaud as Father
Bernard Fresson as German Lover

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Ratings

IMDb

7.8/10

39,450 votes

Article

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.