Hiroshima, Mon Amour (1959)

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Director

Alain Resnais

Producer

Anatole Dauman, Samy Halfon

Cast

Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada

Country

France, Japan

Runtime

90 min

Accessibility

Limited Mobility Access

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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