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Amour

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Retired music teachers Georges (Jean-Louis Trintignant) and Anne (Emmanuelle Riva) have spent their lives devoted to their careers and to each other. Their relationship faces its greatest challenge when Anne suffers a debilitating stroke. Though Georges himself suffers from the aches and infirmities of old age, he bravely ignores his own discomfort to take care of his wife, and is determined to keep his promise to her that she never go back to the hospital.
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With towering performances and an unflinching script from Michael Haneke, Amour represents an honest, heartwrenching depiction of deep love and responsibility.

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Amy Taubin Film Comment Magazine 08/27/2019
What makes Amour not only bearable but cathartic is the beauty of the filmmaking and the delicacy of the performances. Go to Full Review
Richard Brody The New Yorker 09/12/2018
If only some of the uninhibitedly energetic thought and insight of these actors had found its way into Haneke's movie. Go to Full Review
Deborah Ross The Spectator 09/04/2018
Haneke has taken the ordinary - getting old; dying; happens to us all; no exceptions - and has transformed it into something so literate, powerful, terrifying, intelligent and extraordinary. Go to Full Review
Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies 08/19/2022
5/5
This is a story of true love – a love between a husband and wife that only grew stronger through the many years they experienced together. It’s a love that’s taken for granted today and often times treated so flippantly. Go to Full Review
Eve O'Dea Next Best Picture 05/19/2022
9/10
In typical Haneke fashion, it leaves us with a deluge of questions about aging, dying, grief, and of course, love, but never dares to give an answer to any of them. Go to Full Review
Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 02/12/2022
4/4
Haneke's most resonant film considers that love has more dimension than we might believe, just as life alternates between harmonious times and inevitable conclusions. Go to Full Review
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Fernando D @Maqroll Nov 15 Love the way they both perform. It is unique and very sensitive. See more Robert C @pincheway Nov 10 Difficult to watch at times. It makes old age seem like a nightmare. See more thiago s @Thiagostone Apr 15 Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajudou a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom. See more Glen H 10/14/2024 Haunting more than any horror film. Heart wrenching more than any drama. A true achievement in cinematic mastery from Haneke. See more Ricardo W 10/06/2024 Aquí me encuentro en la posición de recomendar una película que me ha deprimido profundamente. Pero de igual modo pienso que hay que verla. He de advertir que es necesaria bastante fortaleza de carácter para hacerlo. Sin embargo, y aunque el tema de la película sugiera lo contrario, es precisamente la falta de sentimentalismo lo que hace de este film una obra maestra. Es también por ello que la estructura argumental es una clase magistral de guión: sencilla pero contundente. El film se sostiene, además, sobre actuaciones extraordinarias. Hay que enfatizarlo: extraordinarias. Extraordinarias. Es una película de actores, sin efectismo, sin excesos, sin edulcorante, y tal vez lo más importante, sin manipulación emocional. El espectador logra desarrollar un sentido de identificación con los personajes bastante peculiar, gracias a una combinación balanceada del guión y las actuaciones: imposible no ver en ellos a nuestros padres, tíos, abuelos, y aun a nosotros mismos, con dolor, con agradecimiento, con tristeza, con compasión, con el más profundo miedo. En lo personal, me ha resultado un film esclarecedor, luminoso y lleno de lecciones sencillas pero cruciales. No me quiero extender en comentarios, porque realmente siento que me removió muchas emociones. Baste decir que, a final de cuentas, el título de este film resume su esencia, y no le queda grande. See more Misha C 07/15/2024 Haneke is ruthless in this depiction of tragic love story. Really makes you afraid of one day being old and as defenseless as the main characters portrayed here. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Retired music teachers Georges (Jean-Louis Trintignant) and Anne (Emmanuelle Riva) have spent their lives devoted to their careers and to each other. Their relationship faces its greatest challenge when Anne suffers a debilitating stroke. Though Georges himself suffers from the aches and infirmities of old age, he bravely ignores his own discomfort to take care of his wife, and is determined to keep his promise to her that she never go back to the hospital.
Director
Michael Haneke
Producer
Margaret Ménégoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heideuschka, Michael Katz
Screenwriter
Michael Haneke
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co
Wega Film, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, France 3 Cinéma, Les Films du Losange, X Filme Creative Pool GmbH, Bayerischer Rundfunk, ARD Degeto Film
Rating
PG-13 (Brief Language|A Disturbing Act|Mature Thematic Material)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 19, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 20, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$3.7M
Runtime
2h 7m
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