This film was a big deal when it came out in 1959, as it was considered one of the best of the French New Wave films. It was the director Alain Resnais first feature film and he demonstrated an impressive use of film technique.
Hiroshima Mon Amour is carefully and elegantly made, this isn't some foreign film where Goddard and his cameraman Raoul Coutard are running around Paris shooting on the fly, the camera work, editing and staging are carefully and deliberately considered.
The story is about a French actress involved in a one night stand with a Japanese architect while making a film in Hiroshima. The time spent with the architect triggers memories of her own involvement with a German soldier during World War II.
Emmanuel Riva plays the actress and she has quite the striking presence whether interacting with her lover or just wandering the streets of Hiroshima at night. Riva was apparently a private person and didn't do a lot of films, focusing on a stage career instead.
A key film when one talks about "foreign art films." The screenplay was written by Marguerite Duras and runs 90 minutes.
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