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Title: Amour (2012)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Jean-Louis Trintignant | ... | Georges | |
| Emmanuelle Riva | ... | Anne | |
| Isabelle Huppert | ... | Eva | |
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Alexandre Tharaud | ... | Alexandre |
| William Shimell | ... | Geoff | |
| Ramón Agirre | ... | Concierge's Husband | |
| Rita Blanco | ... | Concierge | |
| Carole Franck | ... | Nurse #1 | |
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Dinara Drukarova | ... | Nurse #2 (as Dinara Droukarova) |
| Laurent Capelluto | ... | Police Officer #1 | |
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Jean-Michel Monroc | ... | Police Officer #2 |
| Suzanne Schmidt | ... | Neighbour | |
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Damien Jouillerot | ... | Paramedic #1 |
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Walid Afkir | ... | Paramedic #2 |
Georges and Anne are a couple of retired music teachers enjoying life in their eighties. However, Anne suddenly has a stroke at breakfast and their lives are never the same. That incident begins Anne's harrowingly steep physical and mental decline as Georges attempts to care for her at home as she wishes. Even as the fruits of their lives and career remain bright, the couple's hopes for some dignity prove a dispiriting struggle even as their daughter enters the conflict. In the end, George, with his love fighting against his own weariness and diminished future on top of Anne's, is driven to make some critical decisions for them both. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
The retired piano players and teachers Georges (Jean-Louis Trintignant) and Anne (Emmanuelle Riva) live in a comfortable apartment in Paris. Their daughter Eva (Isabelle Huppert) is a musician in tour through Europe. One day, Anne has a stroke that paralyzes her right side, and Georges nurses his wife and promises that he will send her neither to a hospital nor to a nursing home. Soon Anne's life deteriorates and her mental and physical capabilities decline very fast leading Georges to take a tragic decision.
"Amour" is a depressing movie about the end of a journey of a retired couple of about eighty and something years old. "Amour" has impressive performances of Emmanuelle Riva and Jean-Louis Trintignant and is developed in very slow pace, almost theatrically, and is sad to see the elder wife losing her dignity due to her physical and mental problems. I recall Emmanuelle Riva very young in movies like "Hiroshima, mon amour" or "Léon Morin, prêtre" and Jean-Louis Trintignant in the unforgettable "Un homme et une femme" or "Et Dieu... créa la femme" and seeing them now seniors make me think how short life is and made me sad. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Amor" ("Love")