Hiroshima Mon Amour

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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  Emmanuelle Riva

  Elle
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  Eiji Okada

  Lui
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  Stella Dassas

  Mother
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  Pierre Barbaud

  Father
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  Bernard Fresson

  German Lover