Other author/creator | Resnais, Alain, 1922-2014 film director. |
Other author/creator | Riva, Emmanuèle, actor. |
Other author/creator | Okada, Eiji, 1920-1995 actor. |
Other author/creator | Criterion Collection (Firm) publisher. |
Uniform title | Hiroshima mon amour (Motion picture) |
Series |
Criterion collection ; 196 Criterion collection ; 196. ^A458475
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Abstract |
A French actress and a Japanese architect engage in a brief, intense affair in postwar Hiroshima, their consuming mutual fascination impelling them to exorcise their own scarred memories of love and suffering. |
General note | Originally released as a motion picture in 1959. |
General note | Full screen (1.37:1). |
General note | Special features: Audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie; Interviews with director Alain Resnais from 1961 and 1980; Interviews with actor Emmanuelle Riva from 1959 and 2003; New interview with music scholar Tim Page about the film's score; Revoir "Hiroshima"..., a 2013 program about the film's restoration; booklet. |
Credits | Directed by Alain Resnais, screenplay and dialogue by Marguerite Duras. |
Cast |
Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada. |
Technical details | DVD (1.37:1) presentation; monaural; region 1 NTSC. |
Language | French dialogue; English subtitles. |
Genre/form | Feature films. |
Genre/form | Romance films. |
Genre/form | Foreign language films French. |
Genre/form | Drama. |
Genre/form | Feature films. |
Genre/form | Romance films. |
Genre/form | Feature films. |
Genre/form | Foreign language films French. |
UPC |
715515151610 |