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Hiroshima Mon Amour
Directed by Alain Resnais
1959•1h 30m•NR•★ 7.9
Drama / Romance / War
Synopsis
A French actress making an anti-war film in rebuilt Hiroshima engages in an intense, fleeting romance with a Japanese architect, intertwining personal wartime trauma with collective historical devastation. Alain Resnais and Marguerite Duras' revolutionary modernist masterpiece.
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Alain Resnais
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Cast & Crew
DirectorAlain Resnais
WriterMarguerite Duras
CinematographyMichio TakahashiSacha Vierny
MusicGiovanni FuscoGeorges Delerue
Principal Cast
Emmanuelle RivaElle
Eiji OkadaLui
Stella DassasMother
Pierre BarbaudFather
Bernard FressonGerman Lover
Technical Specifications
Runtime1h 30m (90 mins)
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Production Details
DirectorAlain Resnais
LanguagesFrench, Japanese
CountryFR, JP
StudioArgos Films • Daiei Film
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