Hiroshima Mon Amour

Name: Hiroshima Mon Amour
Director: Alain Resnais
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Released: 1959-06-10
Rating: 7.692
Cast: Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas, Pierre Barbaud, Bernard Fresson

Original title: Hiroshima mon amour

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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.