Hiroshima Mon Amour
10/06/1959
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.
Drama
History
Romance
Movie Information
Emmanuelle Riva
as Elle
Eiji Okada
as Lui
Stella Dassas
as Mother
Pierre Barbaud
as Father
Bernard Fresson
as German Lover
