The Film Within A Film in Hiroshima mon amour
Alain Resnais’ dialectical unity of contrasts
9 min readAug 21, 2020
In the synopsis of her screenplay for Hiroshima, mon amour (Alain Resnais, 1959), Marguerite Duras explains the decision to film a love story in Hiroshima.
Why choose Hiroshima over any other place in the world?
