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Hiroshima Mon Amour(1959)
Status: Released
Date: 1959-06-10
77%
849 Votes
Time: 1h 32m
From the measureless depths of a woman's emotions...
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.
Languages: English, French, Japanese.
Countries:
France,
Japan
Revenue: $3,193.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Como Films
Pathé Overseas
Movie: Hiroshima Mon Amour
Top 5 Billed Cast
Emmanuelle Riva
Elle
岡田英次
Lui
Stella Dassas
Mother
Pierre Barbaud
Father
Bernard Fresson
German Lover
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