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Amour

  • 20122012
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h 7m
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7.9/10
102K
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Amour (2012)
Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has an attack. The couple's bond of love is severely tested.
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Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and t... Read allGeorges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
IMDb RATING
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102K
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    • Michael Haneke
    • Michael Haneke(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jean-Louis Trintignant
    • Emmanuelle Riva
    • Isabelle Huppert
    • Michael Haneke
    • Michael Haneke(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jean-Louis Trintignant
    • Emmanuelle Riva
    • Isabelle Huppert
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    • 242User reviews
    • 465Critic reviews
    • 95Metascore
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    • Won 1 Oscar

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    Winner: Best Foreign Language Film
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    Jean-Louis Trintignant in Amour (2012)
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    Emmanuelle Riva in Amour (2012)
    Jean-Louis Trintignant and Michael Haneke in Amour (2012)
    Jean-Louis Trintignant and Michael Haneke in Amour (2012)
    Isabelle Huppert in Amour (2012)
    Jean-Louis Trintignant, Michael Haneke, and Emmanuelle Riva in Amour (2012)
    Isabelle Huppert in Amour (2012)
    Jean-Louis Trintignant in Amour (2012)
    Emmanuelle Riva in Amour (2012)
    Emmanuelle Riva in Amour (2012)
    Jean-Louis Trintignant, Michael Haneke, and Emmanuelle Riva in Amour (2012)

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    Jean-Louis Trintignant
    Jean-Louis Trintignant
    • Georges
    Emmanuelle Riva
    Emmanuelle Riva
    • Anne
    Isabelle Huppert
    Isabelle Huppert
    • Eva
    Alexandre Tharaud
    • Alexandre
    William Shimell
    William Shimell
    • Geoff
    Ramón Agirre
    Ramón Agirre
    • Concierge's Husband
    Rita Blanco
    Rita Blanco
    • Concierge
    Carole Franck
    Carole Franck
    • Nurse #1
    Dinara Drukarova
    • Nurse #2
    • (as Dinara Droukarova)
    Laurent Capelluto
    Laurent Capelluto
    • Police Officer #1
    Jean-Michel Monroc
    • Police Officer #2
    Suzanne Schmidt
    Suzanne Schmidt
    • Neighbour
    Damien Jouillerot
    • Paramedic #1
    Walid Afkir
    • Paramedic #2
      • Michael Haneke
      • Michael Haneke(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Not a word of the script was changed during production. The film was shot exactly as it was written, word for word.
    • Goofs
      When Georges and Anne are eating together he first cuts her food for her with a Laguiole knife. Later on he is holding a classic knife with a round point.
    • Quotes

      Anne: It's beautiful.

      Georges: What?

      Anne: Life. So long.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Cannes Film Festival 2012 (2012)
    • Soundtracks
      Impromptu opus 90 - no1
      Franz Schubert

      Interprétés au piano par Alexandre Tharaud

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    9/10
    French-language masterpiece of the year
    The fact that Amour is an instant classic in the art-house world is as indisputable as the emotions presented by the protagonists of the film are bewildering. This picture is Haneke's minimalistic yet mightily expressive homage to love as we know it, showing the feeling's overpowering force and heartfelt, altruistic nature. While remaining a thoroughly unsentimental and provocative picture, Amour delivers a most-demanding portrayal of an elderly couple's last days together. Those cultivated, sophisticated characters need to evaluate their long-lasting marriage and come to terms with their own emotions, and, simultaneously, discover the true meaning of love in itself. Decisions need to be made, and some of them might be shocking to say the least.

    It's a beautiful but considerable piece of filmmaking, where a sombre atmosphere and touching yet disturbing imagery permeate every scene. Haneke's steady and visionary directorial hand promises many moving and heartbreaking sequences, while still providing a poetic exemplification of a well- lived life's concluding moments. It's impossible to find neither a plausible sense of redemption nor an authentic touch of consolation, no. The film displays a marvelous character-driven narrative, where loving individuals diverge from the seemingly familiar path and start arguing with their own opinions and ideals, leading to some truly perplexing choices. In the most unexpected manner Amour touches the controversial topic of euthanasia, emphatically depicting how difficult it might seem to even consider such a harsh decision.

    Amour is a tender, scrupulous, demanding, two-hour visualization of a romance well beyond boundaries, and through its difficult notions it shows human existence in its most intimate and most elegiac state. That death seems inevitable from the very first minutes is certain, but the way Haneke chooses in order to finally arrive at this intensely upsetting conclusion is an uneasy one. Amour is definitely a cinematic powerhouse, which will leave the audiences in a most pensive, quiet - even downcast - mood, still astounding with its ubiquitous beauty.
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    • Release date
      • September 20, 2012 (Germany)
      • Austria
      • France
      • Germany
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      • French
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Studio d'Epinay, Epinay-sur-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
    • Production companies
      • Les Films du Losange
      • X-Filme Creative Pool
      • Wega Film
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    • 2 hours 7 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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