Hiroshima mon amour (1959)
Language: French Japanese English.
Synopsis / Plot
A young French actress is making an anti-war film in the rebuilt Japanese city of Hiroshima, which was devastated in a nuclear bomb blast at the end of the Second World War. Here, she has an affair with a Japanese architect, even though both of them are happily married. The actress admits that she will soon have to fly back home to Paris, but she spends one last night with her lover. At a café, she recounts the story of her first tragic love with a German soldier during the war...
Awards
1960: Nominated for Oscar: Best Original Screenplay
1960: BAFTA Awards: Nominated for Best Film & Best Foreign Actress (Riva)
1959: Cannes Film Festival: FIPRESCI Prize, ex-aequo with "Araya"
1960: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Foreign Language Film
1960: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director
1960: National Board of Review: Top Best Foreign Language Films