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Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
Directed by Alain Resnais
“From the measureless depths of a woman's emotions...”
Drama, History, Romance · 1h 32m
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.
Cast
Emmanuelle Riva
Eiji Okada
Stella Dassas
Pierre Barbaud
Bernard Fresson
Crew
- Director
- Alain Resnais
- Screenplay
- Marguerite Duras
- Director of Photography
- Michio Takahashi, Sacha Vierny
- Original Music Composer
- Giovanni Fusco, Georges Delerue
- Editor
- Jasmine Chasney, Anne Sarraute, Henri Colpi
- Producer
- Anatole Dauman, Samy Halfon
Details
- Original title
- Hiroshima mon amour
- Release date
- 1959-06-10
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Drama, History, Romance
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- English, French, Japanese
- Countries
- France, Japan
- Production
- Argos films, Como Films, Daiei Film, Pathé Overseas
- Box office
- $3,193