Hiroshima Mon Amour

Long unavailable in the US due to rights issues, Hiroshima mon amour is Resnais’s powerful exploration of memory and guilt through a brief relationship between a Japanese architect (Eiji Okada) and a French actress (Emmanuelle Riva) in Japan to make a film about the bombing of Hiroshima. Featuring the first screenplay by Marguerite Duras, the film remains one of the most beautiful and influential films ever made. (90 mins., 4K DCP) Preceded by Last Reel, a bittersweet short about the last film screened at the Little Art Theatre in Yellow Springs before it converted to digital projection. Filmmaker Steven Bognar introduces the screening. (8 mins., HDCAM)

Please join us for an afterparty at Seventh Son Brewing (1101 North 4th Street) immediately after tonight’s screening. All are welcome!

Hiroshima mon amour restored by Argos Films, Fondation Gan pour le Cinéma, Fondation Technicolor pour le Patrimoine de Cinéma, and Cineteca di Bologna, with support from the CNC.