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Hiroshima Mon Amour

Original title: Hiroshima mon amour
  • 19591959
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
32K
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POPULARITY
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Eiji Okada and Emmanuelle Riva in Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
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A French actress filming an anti-war film in Hiroshima has an affair with a married Japanese architect as they share their differing perspectives on war.A French actress filming an anti-war film in Hiroshima has an affair with a married Japanese architect as they share their differing perspectives on war.A French actress filming an anti-war film in Hiroshima has an affair with a married Japanese architect as they share their differing perspectives on war.
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
32K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
8,627
1,815
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    • Director
      • Alain Resnais
    • Writer
      • Marguerite Duras(dialogue)
    • Stars
      • Emmanuelle Riva
      • Eiji Okada
      • Stella Dassas
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Alain Resnais
    • Writer
      • Marguerite Duras(dialogue)
    • Stars
      • Emmanuelle Riva
      • Eiji Okada
      • Stella Dassas
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 126User reviews
    • 134Critic reviews
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 7 wins & 10 nominations total

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    Hiroshima, Mon Amour
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    HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR - Rialto Pictures Trailer

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    Eiji Okada and Emmanuelle Riva in Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
    Emmanuelle Riva in Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
    Emmanuelle Riva in Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
    Eiji Okada and Emmanuelle Riva in Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
    Eiji Okada and Emmanuelle Riva in Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
    Eiji Okada and Emmanuelle Riva in Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
    Eiji Okada and Emmanuelle Riva in Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
    Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
    Eiji Okada and Emmanuelle Riva in Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
    Eiji Okada and Emmanuelle Riva in Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
    Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
    Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)

    Top cast

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    Emmanuelle Riva
    Emmanuelle Riva
    • Elle
    • (as Emmanuele Riva)
    Eiji Okada
    Eiji Okada
    • Lui
    Stella Dassas
    • Mother
    Pierre Barbaud
    • Father
    Bernard Fresson
    Bernard Fresson
    • German Lover
    Moira Lister
    Moira Lister
    • (Dubbed Emmanuelle Riva)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Alain Resnais
    • Writer
      • Marguerite Duras(dialogue) (scenario)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      This film pioneered the use of jump cutting to and from a flashback, and of very brief flashbacks to suggest obtrusive memories.
    • Goofs
      When Elle leaves the hotel to go the set, she is wearing a nurse's uniform with a headscarf and carrying a black handbag. When Lui meets her on the set, she is now wearing a skirt and blouse and still has the headscarf. When they leave the set, the headscarf is left behind. When they get to Lui's house, she now has a white jacket.
    • Quotes

      Lui: Some years from now, when I have forgotten you and other romances like this one have recurred through sheer habit, I will remember you as a symbol of love's forgetfulness. This affair will remind me how horrible forgetting is.

    • Connections
      Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Le contrôle de l'univers (1999)

    User reviews126

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    Top review
    9/10
    Persistence of Memory
    "Hiroshima mon amour" (1959) is an extraordinary tale of two people, a French actress and a Japanese architect - a survivor of the blast at Hiroshima. They meet in Hiroshima fifteen years after August 6, 1945 and become lovers when she came there to working on an antiwar film. They both are hunted by the memories of war and what it does to human's lives and souls. Together they live their tragic past and uncertain present in a complex series of fantasies and nightmares, flashes of memory and persistence of it. The black-and-white images by Sasha Vierney and Mikio Takhashi, especially the opening montage of bodies intertwined are unforgettable and the power of subject matter is undeniable. My only problem is the film's Oscar nominated screenplay. It works perfectly for the most of the film but then it begins to move in circles making the last 20 minutes or so go on forever.
    helpful•46
    10
    • Galina_movie_fan
    • Aug 15, 2005

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 16, 1960 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Japan
    • Languages
      • French
      • Japanese
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Hiroshima, My Love
    • Filming locations
      • Nevers, Nièvre, France
    • Production companies
      • Argos Films
      • Como Films
      • Daiei Studios
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $96,439
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $18,494
      • Oct 19, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $139,444
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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