Hiroshima mon amour

The love affair between a French actress and a Japanese architect, with flashbacks of an affair between the girl and a German World War II soldier, illuminates ideas of war and peace, madness and sanity, love and death. Produced by Samy Halfon. Stars Emmanuele Riva, Eiji Okada, Bernard Fresson, Stella Dassas, Pierre Barband. Directed by Alain Resnais. French with English subtitles., During a love affair between a French actress and a Japanese architect, the actress recalls a traumatic relationship she had with a German soldier during World War II. Concerns the need to remember Hiroshima and still live in the present. In French, with English subtitles.

Credits

Directed by
Alain Resnais
Written by
Marguerite Duras
Cast
Pierre Barbaud, Eiji Okada, Bernard Fresson, Emmanuelle Riva
Produced by
Anatole Dauman
Cinematography
Sacha Vierny, Michio Takahashi
Music
Georges Delerue
Edited by
Anne Sarraute, Henri Colpi
Complete catalog record
, Presents the story of an ill-fated romance between a French actress working in Hiroshima on an anti-war film and a Japanese architect. Contains free use of sound and picture, music and narration, time and memory, and juxtaposition and integration of past and present. Explains how the memories of her affair with a German soldier during the occupation of France and his memories of the atomic holocaust doom their love affair. Directed by Alain Resnais. French with English Subtitles., , NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q283036 ↗ — country, credits