Hiroshima Mon Amour(Hiroshima mon amour)
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France, Japan · 1959
1h 32m
Director Alain Resnais
Starring Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas, Pierre Barbaud
Genre Drama, History, Romance
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A landmark film for both World Cinema and the French New Wave, the story of a young French actress and her affair with a Japanese man while on assignment in Hiroshima. As their flaring passions deepen, they share with each other their wartime memories, a haunting remembrance underlined by the oblivion of the atomic bomb.
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“Hiroshima Mon Amour” is a heartbreaking portrait of a love that can’t last. Both characters are deeply scarred by the events of the Second World War, mirroring the city that serves as the backdrop for their love affair.