Set in the Japanese city of Hiroshima fourteen years after it was A-bombed, the film defies any prior narrative structure and can justifiably be said to lack any real story at all. We watch two lovers—a visiting French actress and a Japanese businessman—as they are drawn into a two-night affair.
What happened in Hiroshima Mon Amour?
A French woman and a Japanese man have an affair while she is in Japan making a film about peace and the impact of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, The man, an architect, lost his family in the bombing. She recalls her lover during the war, a 23 year-old German soldier who later died.
What language is Hiroshima Mon Amour in?
English
JapaneseFrench
Hiroshima, My Love/Languages
What is the meaning of Hiroshima Mon Amour?
Hiroshima My Love
Language. French. Hiroshima mon amour (French pronunciation: [iʁoʃima mɔ̃n‿amuʁ]; “Hiroshima My Love”; Japanese: 二十四時間の情事, romanized: Nijūyojikan’nojōji, “Twenty-four-hour affair”) is a 1959 French New Wave romantic drama film directed by French film director Alain Resnais with a screenplay by Marguerite Duras.
Who wrote Hiroshima Mon Amour?
Marguerite Duras
Hiroshima, My Love/Screenplay
Who directed Hiroshima amour?
Alain Resnais
Hiroshima, My Love/Directors
…Alain Resnais’s critically acclaimed film Hiroshima mon amour, about a brief love affair in postwar Hiroshima between a Japanese businessman and a French actress. She directed as well as wrote the 1975 film adaptation of her play India Song, which offers a static, moody portrayal of the wife of the…
Why is Hiroshima Mon Amour important?
Hiroshima Mon Amour not only tackles the beauty and desire in a new relationship, but also the underlying sadness of being bystanders on opposite sides of a war where the opposers are both deemed inherently evil.
Where was Hiroshima Mon Amour shot?
Hiroshima Mon Amour is a 1959 French film directed by Alain Resnais, shot in Hiroshima, Japan. A French actress (Emmanuelle Riva) and a Japanese man (Eiji Okada) who speaks fluent French are having an affair in Hiroshima. He is a businessman who lives there while she is in town to shoot an anti-war movie.
