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“Hiroshima, Mon Amour”Japanese Film Series 2023

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A man hugs a woman from behind, he kisses her hair
Copyright: 1959 Argos Films

Hiroshima, 1957. While shooting an anti-war film, a young French actress begins a passionate affair with a Japanese man shortly before her return to France. Her lover evokes painful memories of her tragic love for a German soldier during World War II. Her stay in Hiroshima and the intense conversations with her lover help her let go of the past.

This event is in the past.

Hiroshima, 1957. While shooting an anti-war film, a young French actress begins a passionate affair with a Japanese man shortly before her return to France. Her lover evokes painful memories of her tragic love for a German soldier during World War II. Her stay in Hiroshima and the intense conversations with her lover help her let go of the past.

Alain Resnais’ film with an Oscar-nominated screenplay by Marguerite Duras is today considered one of the classics of the French New Wave.

 

FR/JP 1959, 90 minutes b/w, original language with German subtitles, rated FSK 16 (from 16 years). Directed by Alain Resnais, screenplay by: Marguerite Duras