



Criterion to Release Restored Hiroshima mon amour on Blu-ray Posted March 18, 2015 02:35 PM by



Author, critic and speaker Tim Page has confirmed that the Criterion Collection will release on Blu-ray the recent 4K restoration of Alain Resnais' Hiroshima mon amour (1959), starring Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, and Stella Dassas. The release is expected to arrive on the market later this year.



Mr. Page was interviewed by the Criterion Collection for a new feature that will appear on the upcoming Blu-ray release.



Hiroshima mon amour was recently restored in 4K by Argos Films, Technicolor and Groupama Gan Foundations, and Cineteca di Bologna, with the support of CNC. The new restoration was screened in the Classics section of the Cannes Film Festival.



Synopsis: A French actress and a Japanese architect have an affair while the actress is making a movie in Hiroshima. Their pasts are slowly re-traced, revealing that his life was destroyed by the atomic bomb which was dropped on the city, and that she was imprisoned as a wartime collaborator. Alain Resnais' first feature. The screenplay is by Maguerite Duras.



Included below is the official trailer for the new restoration of Hiroshima mon amour.













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Phxsns1 Mar 18, 2015 One of the best movies ever made. I was wondering when Criterion would get around to re-releasing this.

chris_sc77 Mar 18, 2015 WOnderful film. hope lots of new special features henry001 Mar 18, 2015 Great news, I wonder why it took that long for Criterion to pick this up. The blu ray has been released in France a few years earlier.

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Top contributor mrjohnnyb Mar 18, 2015 Awesome!!!

Alex DeLarge Mar 18, 2015 Happy! Happy! Joy! Joy!

Ben-hur Mar 18, 2015 Finally. Still waiting on Mulholland Drive tho

phillyfilmbuff Mar 18, 2015 I know someone who is gonna be one happy guy...😀 drevill Mar 19, 2015 Excellent news. My wife and I watched it the other night - well except for the last three minutes where it just stalled out near the end. Lousy library DVD copy. I'll definitely be picking this up though! Beautiful film!

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