HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR

| 1960 – 92′ – Classic, Drama, Film & Literature.
Written by: Marguerite Duras.
Based on the Book by: Marguerite Duras
Directed by: Alain Resnais.
Starring: Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Bernard Fresson, Stella Dassas, Pierre Barbaud.
Official Selection Cannes International Film Festival 1959.
In French with English subtitles.
A The Criterion Collection release. |

Alain Resnais’ feature debut is one of the most influential films of all time.  With an innovative structure and an award-nominated script by Marguerite Duras, Hiroshima mon amour is a masterwork that weaves past and present, personal pain and public anguish. The deep conversation between a Japanese architect (Eiji Okada) and a French actress (Emmanuelle Riva) 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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