Filmmaker Nobuhiro Suwa has gathered cast and crew in his native city, Hiroshima, to direct a remake of Hiroshima Mon Amour. Actress Béatrice Dalle, cinematographer Caroline Champetier, and writer Kou Machida join Suwa in the task of re-interpreting emotions linked to a singular time and place.

Unraveling the fabric of cinema in the style of Olivier Assayas’ Irma Vep, Nobuhiro Suwa’s inventive restaging of Hiroshima mon amour delicately walks the tightrope between performance and reality. Béatrice Dalle lights up the screen with a captivating reinterpretation of her volatile star persona.