Game Changers | Hiroshima Mon Amour

Alain Resnais
Mon 19 May 20:00

An encounter in Hiroshima, a love caught between memory and oblivion. Hiroshima Mon Amour broke with film conventions and became a milestone in cinema. Discover this Game Changer on the big screen.

HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR
A French actress and a Japanese architect. A chance meeting in Hiroshima. What starts as a romance, unfolds into a profound conversation about memory, loss and the impossibility of forgetting. Hiroshima Mon Amour broke film conventions with its poetic structure and experimental editing and is considered a milestone in modern cinema.

Before the film, we delve into the revolutionary style of Alain Resnais and the influential screenplay by Marguerite Duras. Twan Arts tells you why Hiroshima Mon Amour is a Game Changer that changed the way we experience film forever.

PROGRAM
20:00 Masterclass (in Dutch)
20:45 Break
21:00 Screening of Hiroshima Mon Amour

GAME CHANGERS
Every third Monday of the month, it's GAME CHANGERS at Natlab. On these evenings, an iconic film classic is screened. Prior to the screening, film lecturer Twan Arts presents a masterclass explaining what makes the chosen film a true game changer.

Direction
Alain Resnais
Cast
Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas
Duration
88 min
RELEASE
Mon 19 Oct
Year
1959
Country
France, Japan
Language
French, Japanese, English
Subtitles
Dutch
  • Watch out with children under 12
  • Violence
  • Fear