Kirpianuscus a long time, for me, that adaptation was presence in a sanctuary. because it preserves the fragile - delicate nuances of novel. because Emmanuelle Riva and Eiji Okada gives splendid embroideries of silence and words as pieces of ash. because the film becomes, step by step, an experience. trip in yourself. beautiful, impressive, pure art, homage. a love story who becomes axis for memories, guilts, need of certitude. and the way of that work is spectacular in a profound inspired manner. a film about two people and a city. and the past as only real character. that could be all. but, I suppose, it could be only beginning. because for each viewer is a new , almost personal, Hiroshima Mon Amour.

Anthony Iessi "Hiroshima Mon Amour" is another bomb-centric, left-winged, political romance by "Nouvelle Vague" mainstay Alain Resnais. It centers on a young actress, landing a part in an anti-war picture being filmed in Hiroshima, Japan. Hiroshima, as you know, is the heart of the one of the world's most shocking attacks, the droppings of the atomic bomb, "Little Boy", by the United States of America. There, she meets a charming, dashing Japanese man, and by nightfall, they engage in hot, sparkly intercourse. As they make love, "She" keeps thinking of the tragedy of Hiroshima. "She" remembers being there. "She" remembers the children that died, the diseases that aroused, the buildings petrified and the shadows of the people that perished solidified in the ground below. "He" tries to figure out why she is saying such horrible things while lovemaking. Is it the fact that she's in an anti-war picture, or did she know about Hiroshima? After days of questioning and conversation, it is revealed that "She" has chosen to engage in such a love affair after losing her lover during the war, back in her home in Nevers, France. She was in love with a German soldier. Considering the political implications of what the Nazis did to France during WWII, her entire family was unbelievably outraged. They punished her by locking her underneath the house and shredding her beautiful hair to pieces. "She" is a rebel, and perhaps a traitor of her own country, but she did it out of love for her man. "She" and "He" bond over such an intimate, taboo tale and proceed to psychologically torture each other in furious, politically charged lust. Not only were they longing for each other, they were longing for revenge. "Hiroshima Mon Amour", is in essence, an open-handed slap in the face to allied powers of WWII. It's a message, not just of anti-nukes, but a complete rejection of national pride, in favor of lustful revenge. Resnais's political implications are brash to say the least, but through his anger at the destructive nature of the war, he constructed one of the most passionate, incredible love stories of all time. It's a romance of death. It's a movie that refuses to accept the sorrow around itself, and locks itself deep within the arms of the weak and powerless. Many people say that sleep is the best revenge and sometimes it's good living, but here, good loving. The performances sold the entire thing for me. Vastly overlooked for her performance is the lovely Emmanuelle Riva, as "She". Only now, as an elderly woman is she getting her award show dues, but what else can you expect from the Academy? They never recognize the best performances when they're right in front of them. I truly believed these two as lovers, and I wouldn't be any bit surprised if a real relationship budded behind the scenes.

gavin6942 A French actress (Emmanuelle Riva) filming an anti-war film in Hiroshima has an affair with a married Japanese architect (Eiji Okada) as they share their differing perspectives on war.This film started out as a documentary, which seems evident from all the footage of Hiroshima following World War II. But then Marguerite Duras was brought in to add a fictionalized element. I think that was an interesting choice. Although Duras was a known writer and director in France, to Americans she is probably only known for her novel "The Lover", about an affair between a French woman and a Chinese man, not a far removal from this romance.The film was a major catalyst for the Nouvelle Vague (French New Wave), making highly innovative use of miniature flashbacks to create a uniquely nonlinear storyline. While (in my opinion) not nearly as accomplished as the director's "Last Year at Marienbad", the influence is striking, and it is a shame that Alain Resnais is not better known in America.

Howard Schumann One of the seminal films of the French New Wave, Alain Resnais' Hiroshima mon amour attempts both to recover the past and to bury it. Written by acclaimed French novelist Marguerite Duras, two nameless lovers, a French woman Elle (Emmanuelle Riva) in Japan to make an antiwar public service announcement has an affair with Lui, a Japanese architect (Eiji Okada).Weaving in and out of flashbacks blurring the distinctions between past and present, the intimate relationship allows them to confront the open wounds in their life and relive their suppressed and unspoken memories. It is a beautiful and haunting film that gets better with each viewing.