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  • Title: Hiroshima Mon Amour (Criterion #196)
  • Summary: A French woman spends the night with a Japanese man in Hiroshima where she is working on a film about peace.
  • Director: Alain Resnais
  • Cast: Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas, Pierre Barbaud, Bernard Fresson
  • Year: 1959
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  • Keywords: French New Wave
  • Format: DVD
  • Language: French with English subtitles
  • Country: France
  • Comments: The Criterion DVD includes an audio commentary by film historian Peter Cowie, interviews with Alain Resnais and actress Emmanuelle Riva, excepts from screenplay annotations, an isolated music and effects track, a 32-page booklet with an essay by film critic Kent Jones, excerpts from a Cahiers du Cinema discussion of the film, an essay about compose Giovanni Fusco and character portraits. Cahiers du Cinema Best Film #26 New York Times 1000 Films British Film Institute Top 250 Films (2012): #127
  • Collection: Drama