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.
Directed by Alain Resnais
new love
france
atomic bomb
return
lover
architect
hiroshima, japan
black and white
family
extramarital affair
anti war
Rank
#8 in 1959·#670 overall
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Cast
Emmanuelle Riva
Elle
Eiji Okada
Lui
Stella Dassas
Mother
Pierre Barbaud
Father
Bernard Fresson
German Lover
Crew
Alain Resnais
Director
Marguerite Duras
Screenplay
Giovanni Fusco
Original Music Composer
Georges Delerue
Original Music Composer
Henri Colpi
Editor
Anatole Dauman
Producer
Popular Reviews
1052 reviews
MopudPRO
9.0★ · 04/02/26
*Lui: “Hiroshima. C’est ton nom.”
*Elle: “C’est mon nom. Oui. Et ton nom à toi est Nevers. Nevers-en-France.”can we really know or remember someone else’s trauma and is forgetting a betrayal or a way to survive
*Lui: “Hiroshima. C’est ton nom.”
*Elle: “C’est mon nom. Oui. Et ton nom à toi est Nevers. Nevers-en-France.”can we really know or remember someone else’s trauma and is forgetting a betrayal or a way to survive
