Hiroshima mon amour Excerpt 11: At the Casablanca Café; the Japanese man tries to pick her up (2’50”)

Excerpt 11

 Questions

1. How does the editing of this sequence emphasize the imminent separation of the two protagonists?
2.

Note that we hear the other Japanese man speaking in voice-over when HE appears on-screen in a tight near shot. Why is this scene ironic?

3.

What is the function of the music here in relationship to the two protagonists?