Product: Hiroshima mon amour [VHS] (1960)
Rating: 5.0
A classic from 1959
This painful and deeply moving film retains its power with the passage of time. It's the story of a French woman and a Japanese man who become lovers in Hiroshima prior to the dropping of the bomb. The movie was an experiment in juggling past, present, and future at the time of its release - and it puzzled audiences then. Viewers are more sophisticated now, and I don't believe any audience today would be confused by the leaps Director Resnais takes with this film. One of the original movies that heralded the French New Wave, Hiroshima Mon Amour continues to enthrall with its tragic and soulful love story set amid a cataclysm.