Fresh
"Hiroshima Mon Amour" will always be too studied a masterwork for some tastes. But Riva's performance, chief among its triumphs, remains electrifying.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Hiroshima Mon Amour
From the measureless depths of a woman's emotions...
1959 · 1h 32m · Not Rated
Drama, History, Romance
Directed by
Alain Resnais
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Hiroshima Mon Amour
Overview
The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the vanguard productions of the French New Wave. Set in Hiroshima after the end of World War II, the couple -- lovers turned friends -- recount, over many hours, previous romances and life experiences. The two intertwine their stories about the past with pondering the devastation wrought by the atomic bomb dropped on the city.
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96%
Tomatometer
Fresh
That rare movie in which present and past meld in every frame to convey a sense of time obliterated, or a dream having a nightmare.
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
The first film to juxtapose disastrous erotic passion with the political disasters of the mid century.
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
Fresh
Although it presents, on occasion, a baffling repetition of words and ideas, much like vaguely recurring dreams, it, nevertheless, leaves the impression of a careful coalescence of art and craftsmanship.
A.H. Weiler, New York Times
Fresh
Integrating past and present, poetic images and documentary footage, music and Marguerite Duras' dialogue, the film achieved a structural balance of such emotional and intellectual power that audiences were stunned.
Don Druker, Chicago Reader
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