Director: Alain Resnais
Starring: Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada
A beautiful black and white film considered to be in the league of Citizen Kane. It is a love story set against the backdrop of the Hiroshima atomic bomb blasts.
“Hiroshima Mon Amour” is the story of an actress who comes to Hiroshima to shoot a film about peace. There she spends the night with a Japanese man and begins to fall for him. Since both of them are married and live on different continents their love story is destined to fail. It reminds her of her tragic and devastating affair with a German soldier during the occupation of France.
Marguerite Duras, who has written the script, skilfully links the story of the actress with that of Hiroshima. The heroine haunted by her tragic past shall learn to let go of it in the city which was burned to ashes but still moved on.
This film is considered to be one of the first modern films. As one might guess, it is not easy to follow. The documentary that is given as a bonus on the DVD is of great help in understanding the undercurrents of the film and analysing it.
A thought-provoking film, serious but worth watching.
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