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Elle is visiting Hiroshima to play a nurse in an anti-war movie. During her time in the city she meets, and has a one-night stand with Lui. As she recalls the city's history, she reconsiders her own life and past experiences, while growing ever closer to Lui.

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EAN5035017010266

eBay Product ID (ePID)44151954

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ActorPierre Barbaud, Bernard Fresson, Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas

Film/TV TitleHiroshima Mon Amour

DirectorAlain Resnais

Release Year2005

FormatDVD

LanguageFrench

FeaturesBlack & White

GenreDrama, Romantic

Run Time91 Mins

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CertificatePG

Country/Region of ManufactureFrance

Number of Discs1

ComposerGeorges Delerue, Giovanni Fusco

Additional InformationAlain Resnais's multi-award-winning Hiroshima, Mon Amour is neither an easy film to watch nor to synopsize, but it remains one of the high-water marks of the French "new wave" movement. Resnais and scenarist Marguerite Duras weave a complex story concerning a French actress's (Emmanuelle Riva) experiences in occupied France, juxtaposed with the horrendous ordeal of a Japanese architect (Eiji Okada) coping psychologically with the bombing of Hiroshima. These stories are offered in quick flashback vignettes, which permeate the contemporary story of the woman's relationship with the architect in contemporary Hiroshima. The characters are of the Then and the Now simultaneously, much like the famous watch that was dug out of the ruins of Hiroshima, its hands permanently affixed at 9:15. Resnais refuses to honor the traditional "unities" of film: we are never certain at any time whether we're watching the events of 1959 or of 1945. In truth, Hiroshima Mon Amour is not quite as inscrutable as certain critics would have us believe (the central theme of the importance of coming to grips with one's past comes through loud and clear), but it confused many filmgoers upon its first release, some of whom gave up the picture as a bad job and steered clear of all future Resnais efforts. Viewers are strongly encouraged to stay with this one from beginning to end; it won't be a smooth ride, but it will be an immensely rewarding one.

ReviewsTime - The acknowleged masterpiece of the new wave., The Observer - One of the few films I have ever felt tempted to call a work of art.

ScreenwriterMarguerite Duras

Movie/TV TitleHiroshima Mon Amour