Hiroshima mon Amour (1956)

Hiroshima Mon Amour poster

Argos Films
Starring: Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada
Directed by: Alain Resnais

Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!

Synopsis: A French actress named Elle (Emmanuelle Riva) has an affair with Japanese architect Lui (Eiji Okada) surrounded by the city and history of Hiroshima, Japan.

Kitty Cameos: Near the beginning of the film various footage of Hiroshima during and after the nuclear bomb are seen. In a modern day shot a multicolored Japanese bobtail walks across the screen.

Hiroshima Mon Amour - light colored cat with kinked tail walking across screen

Later Lui finds Elle on the movie set. She is lying on the ground resting beside a small white cat.

Hiroshima Mon Amour - Elle Emmanuelle Riva resting on ground beside small white cat

After they have talked for a while, Elle sits back down and pets the cat as their conversation continues.

Hiroshima Mon Amour - Elle Emmanuelle Riva petting small white cat

Hiroshima Mon Amour - Elle Emmanuelle Riva still petting small white cat

Finally Elle is recounting her life as a young girl in France when she was locked in her parents’ cellar for having been with a German soldier. She says a cat would come into the cellar but she didn’t mind. She is then seen staring at a black cat which is looking at her.

Hiroshima Mon Amour - close up of black cat