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Amour

Michael Haneke’s Palme d’Or-winner, about an octogenarian couple trying to cope when a stroke leaves the wife partly paralysed and speechless.

Drama 2012 127 mins

Director: Michael Haneke

Overview

The film which provided cinema’s great provocateur Michael Haneke with the mainstream recognition of an Oscar win, alongside other prizes including the Palme d’Or. This devastating drama about an elderly couple trying to cope when a stroke leaves the wife partly paralysed is honest, unsentimental and deeply sensitive.

Save for one early scene, it takes place in the retired music teachers’ Paris apartment; as Anne’s condition deteriorates, their world shrinks, and visitors merely distract Georges from deciding what’s best for his wife. Haneke never underplays the difficulty of maintaining a mutually supportive relationship under such circumstances; the film’s brave, brilliant performances make it extraordinarily moving.

Director

Michael Haneke

Featuring

Jean-Louis Trintignant , Emmanuele Riva and Isabelle Huppert

Genres

Drama and Romance

Certificate

Contains one use of strong language and distressing scenes

Country

France

Language

French with English subtitles

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