
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. Despite the time they spend together, her attachment appears minimal and they go forward into the future.... (Full plot summary below)
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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. Despite the time they spend together, her attachment appears minimal and they go forward into the future.
Leave your thoughts about Hiroshima Mon Amour.
| Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleThat rare movie in which present and past meld in every frame to convey a sense of time obliterated, or a dream having a nightmare. |
| Times (UK)Kate MuirExquisitely beautiful and harrowing meditation on war and love. |
| LarsenOnFilmJosh Larsen...effortlessly moves us between past and present, personal and political. |
| CinePassionFernando F. CroceA most chic Guernica, sumptuously abstract and visceral |
| Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips"Hiroshima Mon Amour" will always be too studied a masterwork for some tastes. But Riva's performance, chief among its triumphs, remains electrifying. |
| Apollo GuideDan JardineA somewhat stilted but still emotionally and intellectually engaging glimpse at profound and challenging questions of the role of memory in our sense of identity. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip Martin...a beautiful, thrilling film. At least that's how I remember it. |
| ColeSmithey.comCole Smithey[VIDEO ESSAY] Alain Resnais's early addition to the Nouvelle Vague cannon finds his pair of culturally diverse lovers of rising from the rubble of World War II. |
| Cinema WriterJay AntaniThough made in the late 50s, Hiroshima's imagery and music give it a feel at once modern and timeless, this is a beautiful piece of work. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyResnais' audacious work in narrative and temporal structure, with screenplay from Duras, the film has endured due to its lyrical quality in depicting a love affair between a French actress and a Japanese architect in post WWII; a must-see for film lovers |