Hiroshima mon amour
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Hiroshima mon amour is a landmark 1959 French New Wave film directed by Alain Resnais that blends a love story with meditations on memory, trauma, and the aftermath of the atomic bombing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hiroshima mon amour canonical | 6 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French New Wave film
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film ⓘ |
| award |
FIPRESCI Prize
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surface form:
FIPRESCI Prize at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival
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| basedOn | original screenplay by Marguerite Duras ⓘ |
| character |
French actress
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Japanese architect ⓘ |
| cinematicMovement | French New Wave ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Sacha Vierny ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| dialogueLanguage |
French
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Japanese ⓘ |
| director | Alain Resnais ⓘ |
| discusses |
collective memory
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individual memory ⓘ |
| distributor |
Pathé
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surface form:
Pathé Consortium Cinéma
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| editedBy | Henri Colpi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Hiroshima
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Nevers ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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romantic drama film ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| hasBlackAndWhiteColor | black-and-white ⓘ |
| includedInList |
Sight & Sound critics' poll
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surface form:
Sight & Sound greatest films polls
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| influenced | modern art cinema ⓘ |
| leadActor |
Eiji Okada
NERFINISHED
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Emmanuelle Riva ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima
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forgetting ⓘ love ⓘ memory ⓘ trauma ⓘ war and its consequences ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Georges Delerue (library music)
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surface form:
Georges Delerue
Giovanni Fusco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of documentary and fiction
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essayistic voice-over ⓘ innovative use of flashbacks ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| premiereEvent |
Cannes Film Festival
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surface form:
1959 Cannes Film Festival
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| productionCompany |
Argos Films
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Como-Films ⓘ Daiei Film ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 90 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Marguerite Duras ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | post-World War II era ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Hiroshima ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Franco-Japanese relationship
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atomic bombing of Hiroshima ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.