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16 May 1960 (USA) morePlot:
1959. A French young woman has spent the night with a japanese man, at Hiroshima where she went for the shooting of a film about peace... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Cannes Winners for 2009 (From FilmExperience. 25 May 2009, 4:49 AM, PDT)
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The Seminal Film for Change moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Emmanuelle Riva | ... | Elle | |
| Eiji Okada | ... | Lui | |
| Stella Dassas | ... | Mother | |
| Pierre Barbaud | ... | Father | |
| Bernard Fresson | ... | German Lover |
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24 - jikan no joji (Japan)24 Hour Affair (Japan: English title)
Hiroshima, My Love (International: English title) (informal literal title)
Hiroshima, mon amour
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90 minColour:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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UK:PG | Portugal:M/12 (DVD rating) | Hungary:18 | South Korea:18 | Argentina:18 | Chile:18 | Finland:K-18 | Sweden:15 | Australia:PG | Singapore:PGFun Stuff
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This film pioneered the use of jump cutting to and from a flashback, and of very brief flashbacks to suggest obtrusive memories. moreQuotes:
Elle: Hi-ro-shi-ma. Hiroshima. That is your name.Lui: Yes, that is my name. Your name is Ne-vers. Nevers in France.
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One would hope a film like this would actually cause humankind to take a step back and to foster the destruction of destruction itself. As Duras noted many years later in her semi-autobiographical "The Lover," she made the distinction early on between those who would exploit and destroy the weak and those who would protect them.
Here we have the exponential dynamic of this distinction in spades, realized in unthinkably tragic dimensions. Put in the simplest terms, "Hiroshima" is war personalized and psychologized in the language of love. It is the lovers' dialogue that begins to rouse the past; it is within the protective bond of love that atrocities can be drawn forth.
It is better to simply see the film than to depend on any synopsis. Once you do, its "medicine" will work within you --- and the medicine to which I refer is love.