Hiroshima mon amour
France • 1959
Director
#196Criterion Collection →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.
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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Credits
Crew
DirectorAlain Resnais
WriterMarguerite Duras
CinematographerMichio Takahashi, Sacha Vierny
ComposerGiovanni Fusco, Georges Delerue
EditorAnne Sarraute, Jasmine Chasney, Henri Colpi
ProducerSamy Halfon, Anatole Dauman
Cast
Emmanuelle Rivaas Elle