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Hiroshima mon amour

Hiroshima mon amour

by Marguerite Duras

1960Hiroshima mon amour (cinéma)Motion picture playsRadiation chemistryContinental european fiction (fictional works by one author)Sources
4.3
Open Library
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First lines

(As the films opens, two pair of bare shoulders appear, little by little.

About this book

Released in 1959, Alain Renais's film, Hiroshima Mon Amour, was awarded the International Critics' Prize at the Cannes Film festival and the New York Film Critics' Award. The story of a love affair between a Japanese architect and a French actress visiting Japan to make a film on peace, Hiroshima Mon Amour is also an exploration of the influence of war on both Japanese and French culture and the conflict between love and humanity. This book contains the complete script of the film, as well as Miss Duras' original synopsis and notes.

Themes & subjects

Hiroshima mon amour (cinéma)Motion picture playsRadiation chemistryContinental european fiction (fictional works by one author)SourcesHistory
First published 1960

About the author

Marguerite Duras
Marguerite Duras

1914 – 1996

Marguerite Duras — nom de plume de Marguerite Donnadieu — est une écrivaine, dramaturge, scénariste et réalisatrice française, née le 4 avril 1914 à Gia Định, près de Saïgon, alors en Indochine française, et morte le 3 mars 1996 à Paris. Par la diversité et la modernité de son œuvre, qui renouvelle le genre romanesque et bouscule les conventions théâtrales et cinématographiques, elle est une figure majeure de la littérature de la seconde moitié du XXe siècle. ---------- Marguerite Duras — pen name of Marguerite Donnadieu — was a French writer, playwright, screenwriter, and director, born on April 4, 1914, in Gia Định, near Saigon, then in French Indochina, and died on March 3, 1996…

Author

Marguerite Duras

First published

1960

Pages

140

Read time

≈ 4h

Editions

19

Languages

French, English, German

Publisher

Gallimard

ISBN

9783518366127

Where to buy

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