Hiroshima mon amour [blu-ray]

Set in 1959, a French actress and a Japanese architect engage in a brief, intense affair in postwar Hiroshima, their consuming mutual fascination impelling them to exorcise their own scarred memories of love and suffering.

General Note:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1959; restored by Argos Films in 2013.

Aspect ratio, 1.37:1.

Special features: Audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie (2002); Interviews with director Alain Resnais from 1961 and 1980; Interviews with actor Emmanuelle Riva from 1959 and 2003; New interview with film scholar François Thomas; New interview with music scholar Tim Page about the film's score; Revoir "Hiroshima"..., a 2013 program about the film's restoration; booklet featuring an essay by critic Kent Jones and excerpts from a 1959 Cahiers du cinéma roundtable discussion about the film.

Performers:

Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas, Pierre Barbaud, Bernard Fresson.

Technical Details:

Blu-ray; Region A; 4:3 presentation; mono ; requires Blu-ray player.

Subject Term:

Actresses -- Drama.

Architects -- Drama.

Man-woman relationships -- Drama.

Geographic Term:

Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- Drama.

Genre:

Feature films.