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One of the most influential films of all time, Alain Resnais' first feature is a beautifully realised parable of love and war set in bomb-ravaged Japan. Following Night and Fog, his devastating chronicle of the Nazi concentration camps, Resnais was asked to make a film about the atomic bomb, and responded with this moody masterwork, a love story in which a French actress (Emmanuele Riva) and Japanese architect (Eiji Okada) exorcise their memories of war during a torrid affair amid the ruins of Hiroshima.

Utilizing an innovative flashback structure and Academy Aware-nominated screenplay by novelist Marguerite Duras, Resnais delicately weaves past and present, personal pain and public anguish, in a film that defined the French New Wave.

Director:

Alain Resnais [5],

Starring:

Eiji Okada [4], Emmanuelle Riva [2],

Screen Formats:

Full Frame 1.33:1

Subtitles:

English

Language and Sound:

French Mono
Japanese Mono

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