# Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)

> A French actress and a Japanese architect find fleeting intimacy in Hiroshima while memory keeps pulling their affair toward the wounds of war.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/3077

## Facts

- Runtime: 92 min
- Genres: Drama, History, Romance
- Director: Alain Resnais
- Cast: Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas, Pierre Barbaud, Bernard Fresson
- TMDB rating: 7.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052893/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: mild
- Mood: melancholic, intimate, cerebral, quiet evening, arthouse film night

## Synopsis

A poignant exploration of love amidst the shadows of history and loss.

## Movies like Hiroshima Mon Amour

- [Lacombe, Lucien (1974)](https://ember.film/movie/37873)
- [Vortex (2021)](https://ember.film/movie/573976)
- [Under the Sand (2001)](https://ember.film/movie/2855)
- [A Man and a Woman (1966)](https://ember.film/movie/27688)
- [L'Eclisse (1962)](https://ember.film/movie/12720)
- [La Jetée (1962)](https://ember.film/movie/538)
- [A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986)](https://ember.film/movie/53600)
- [Certified Copy (2010)](https://ember.film/movie/32316)
- [Last Year at Marienbad (1961)](https://ember.film/movie/2375)
- [Jules and Jim (1962)](https://ember.film/movie/1074)

---

Site overview: https://ember.film/llms.txt