Hiroshima Mon Amour poster
Director Alain Resnais
Screenplay Marguerite Duras

Hiroshima Mon Amour

Original Title: Hiroshima mon amour

Tagline: From the measureless depths of a woman's emotions...

Release Date: 1959-06-10

Duration: 92 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Eiji Okada
    Lui
  • Emmanuelle Riva
    Elle
  • Bernard Fresson
    German Lover
  • Pierre Barbaud
    Father
  • Stella Dassas
    Mother