Synopsis
A cornerstone film of the
French New Wave,
Alain Resnais' first feature is one of the most influential films of all time. A French actress (
Emmanuelle Riva) and a Japanese architect (
Eiji Okada) engage in a brief, intense affair in postwar Hiroshima, their consuming fascination impelling them to exorcise their own scarred memories of love and suffering. Utilizing an innovative flashback structure and a screenplay by novelist
Marguerite Duras, Resnais delicately weaves past and present, personal pain and public anguish, in this moody masterwork.
