A series of closeups of the backs and arms of a man and woman embracing, amidst falling ash and then covered in sweat. In voiceover, the woman recounts the aftermath of the See more

• Emmanuelle Riva as Elle ("Her")
• Eiji Okada as Lui ("Him")
• Bernard Fresson as l'Allemand ("The German")
• Stella … See more

In 1954, while Alain Resnais was editing Agnès Varda's film La Pointe Courte, he was reluctant to work on it because it was "so nearly the film he wanted to make himself". The film's narrative structure inspired Hiroshima mon amour.
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The uncensored version of the film was shown at the Montreal International Film Festival in 1960, but was censored for its Canadian theatrical release. See more

At the 1959 Cannes Film Festival, where the film was excluded from the official selection because of its sensitive subject matter of nuclear bombs and to avoid upsetting the U.S. government, the film won the FIPRESCI International Critics' Prize, and it won … See more

Film
• In 2001, Japanese film director Nobuhiro Suwa directed H Story, a docufiction about his attempt to remake Hiroshima Mon Amour.
• In 2003, Iranian film … See more

• List of avant-garde films of the 1950s See more