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1958 | B/N | 1h 30

A French actress and a Japanese architect engage in a brief, intense affair in postwar Hiroshima. Their consuming fascination with each other impels them to exorcise their scarred memories of love and suffering.


Country: Francia
Direction: Resnais; Alain
Script: Duras; Marguerite
Production: Halfon; Samy, Dauman; Anatole
Photography: Takahashi; Michio, Vierny; Sacha
Sound: Calvet; Pierre-Louis, Renault; René
Music: Fusco; Giovanni, Delerue; Georges
Cast:Okada; Eiji, Dassas; Stella, Barbaud; Pierre, Riva; Emmanuelle, Fresson; Bernard
Participation year at FICM: 2009

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