Hiroshima Mon Amour
“From the measureless depths of a woman's emotions...”
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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Cast
5 people
Emmanuelle Riva
Elle
Known for
Amour
Léon Morin, Priest
Eiji Okada
Lui
Known for
Woman in the Dunes
The Yakuza
Stella Dassas
Mother
Also in
Véronique and Her Dunce
Janique Aimée
Pierre Barbaud
Father
Known for
Last Year at Marienbad
Bernard Fresson
German Lover
Known for
The Tenant
French Connection II
Alain Resnais Director · Marguerite Duras Screenplay Georges Delerue Composer
Director
Alain Resnais
Screenplay
Marguerite Duras
Composer
Georges Delerue
Composer
Giovanni Fusco
Cinematographer
Sacha Vierny
Cinematographer
Michio Takahashi
Editor
Jasmine Chasney
Editor
Anne Sarraute
Editor
Henri Colpi
Production designer
Mayo
Production designer
Minoru Esaka
Production designer
Lucilla Mussini
Costume designer
Gerard Collery
Worldwide gross $3.2K · United States release June 10, 1959 · Produced in France, Japan
Box office
Worldwide gross
$3,193
Production
Argos films
Production
Como Films
Production
Daiei Film
Production
Pathé Overseas
Production
Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
Production
Pathé Entertainment
Production
France · Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
English · French · Japanese
Release dates
France · May 8, 1959
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
France · June 10, 1959
Theatrical
United States · June 10, 1959
Theatrical
Brazil
March 9, 2017 · Theatrical
France
March 24, 2004 · Physical · DVD
November 19, 2013 · Physical · Blu-Ray
Germany
April 11, 1960 · Theatrical
Greece
July 23, 2015 · Digital
Japan
June 10, 1959 · Theatrical
Netherlands
December 16, 2005 · TV · Nederland 3
January 1, 2010 · Physical · DVD
August 6, 2015 · Theatrical · Re-release
May 1, 2025 · Theatrical · 4K-restauratie
Russia
February 21, 1990 · Limited theatrical · Retrospective of the producer Anatole Dauman (Moscow)
Slovakia
October 10, 2013 · Theatrical
South Korea
April 23, 2001 · Theatrical
Spain
December 1, 1967 · Theatrical
Sweden
April 2, 1960 · Theatrical
February 8, 2006 · Physical · DVD release
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