Product: Hiroshima mon amour [VHS] (1960)
Rating: 5.0
Moving Love Story about the Damage of War
A sad, moving story of two people, a French woman and a Japanese man, who are struggling with their trauma from World War II. The man represents Hiroshima where the movie takes place and the atomic bombs which destroyed the city. His family was killed while he was out of town. The man represents Nevers in France which was an area that collaborated with Nazi Germany. The woman had a relationship with a German soldier and was shamed by the residents after occupation was over. The damage and guilt caused by the war damages them while they deal with the temporariness of their relationship. The woman is in Hiroshima to make an International film about peace. But inner peace seems to be a lot more difficult to find for these protagonists. Moving film.