Hiroshima mon amour Excerpt 9: At the Casablanca Café; the Japanese man tries to pick her up (2’50”)

Excerpt 9

 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?