The Humanities Film Series presents

HIROSHIMA, MON AMOUR

Friday, April 19 from 8:30 – 10 PM

ETC Lecture Hall

Hiroshima, Mon Amour is a 1959 French film directed by Alain Resnais and is considered one of the high water marks of French New Wave cinema. It follows the intense conversation of a Japanese-American couple, known only as “She” and “He,” as they remember and recount traumatic events of World War II. Using brief flashbacks, Resnais sets his audience off-balance, making them never sure if what they’re seeing occurred in 1945 or in 1959. In form and in content, this film challenges its viewers to explore the roles of memory and point-of-view in understanding tragedy.

View an excerpt from the film: