Directed by Resnais with a screenplay by novelist Marguerite Duras, the film is famous for its non-linear structure. Hiroshima mon amour (1959) - The Criterion Collection
The Criterion logo appeared—that elegant, self-serious silver spine. Then: grainy black-and-white. A man’s back. A woman’s arm draped over his shoulders. Their skin, shimmering with what looked like sweat or ash. The French woman’s voice, low and confessional: “You saw nothing in Hiroshima. Nothing.” Hiroshima.mon.amour.1959.1080p.Criterion.Bluray...
: Moving away from traditional linear storytelling, the film uses innovative editing to make memories "intrude" upon the present. It juxtaposes the couple's sensual connection with graphic archival footage of the atomic bomb's aftermath and the woman's own traumatic past in Nevers, France. The Themes Directed by Resnais with a screenplay by novelist