Hiroshima Mon Amour
6.5
1959
Drama
History
Romance
Created by: Alain Resnais , Marguerite Duras , Henri Colpi
Cast: Emmanuelle Riva, 岡田英次, Stella Dassas, Pierre Barbaud, Bernard Fresson Emmanuelle Riva, 岡田英次, Stella Dassas, Pierre Barbaud, Bernard Fresson
Overview
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.