Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
1959 · Short film · 34 min · dir. Alain Resnais
From the measureless depths of a woman's emotions...
- Drama
- History
- Romance
Synopsis
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.
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Details
- Director
- Alain Resnais
- Writer
- Marguerite Duras
- Composer
- Giovanni Fusco
- Cinematography
- Michio Takahashi
- Studio
- Argos films, Como Films, Daiei Film, Pathé Overseas
- Released
- 1959-06-10
- Running time
- 34 minutes
Cast & crew
Alain Resnais Director
Emmanuelle Riva
Eiji Okada
Stella Dassas
Pierre Barbaud
Bernard Fresson
