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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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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
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  • Director
    • Alain Resnais
  • Writer
    • Marguerite Duras(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Emmanuelle Riva
    • Eiji Okada
    • Stella Dassas
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  • Director
    • Alain Resnais
  • Writer
    • Marguerite Duras(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Emmanuelle Riva
    • Eiji Okada
    • Stella Dassas
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    • 126User reviews
    • 134Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 7 wins & 10 nominations total

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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)

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    Emmanuelle Riva
    Emmanuelle Riva
    • Elleas Elle
    • (as Emmanuele Riva)
    Eiji Okada
    Eiji Okada
    • Luias Lui
    Stella Dassas
    • Motheras Mother
    Pierre Barbaud
    • Fatheras Father
    Bernard Fresson
    Bernard Fresson
    • German Loveras German Lover
    Moira Lister
    Moira Lister
    • (Dubbed Emmanuelle Riva)as (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
    10/10
    Cold as a Cellar
    As a college freshman some 45 years ago, I saw this film in the student union They had a commitment to art films. I have to say that I do remember the stream of dialog between the two characters but little about the content. I knew he (the Japanese man) had lost his family on that August day. I recall her pulling inward as he becomes a bit demanding. Watching it with mature eyes and a fresh view of the world, I was brought back to these two traumatized characters and the war that changed them forever. It begins with a discussion of the Hiroshima museum which contains pictures and artifacts from that fateful day. He keeps telling her that she has not seen Hiroshima as they lay entwined in bed. His pain is more predictable. He lost his family that day while he was away. Hers takes a more melancholy road. As she opens up, she tells the story of a love affair with a German soldier whom she would meet in all manner of places. One day she found him dying, curled up on the ground. She sits with him until he dies. New of their trysts gets out and she is ostracized by her community, her hair cropped, beaten, and thrown in a cellar by her own family. She has not told this story to anyone, including her own husband, until now. While she feels somewhat liberated the pain is too deep. The Japanese man, also married, wants her to stay in Hiroshima. The movie is about the relationship going forward with such damaged people. She repeatedly tries to escape him, but he keeps resurfacing. The sad thing is that she desires him and so it's not as if she is being stalked. Resnais is a master with the camera, using black and white contrasting images, engaging flashbacks, close-ups. One really marvelous scene is where the young woman, who has been playing a small part in an anti-war film, is nearly trampled by protesters carrying signs. Hiroshima is constantly in her face. She has been hurt so badly by the war and is carrying a load of guilt. War carries with it a loss of innocence and pain beyond the obvious. This film really captures this.
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    • May 21, 2014

    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
      • $134,584
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    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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