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Amour

Play trailer Poster for Amour PG-13 Released Dec 19, 2012 2h 7m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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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 What makes Amour not only bearable but cathartic is the beauty of the filmmaking and the delicacy of the performances. Aug 27, 2019 Full Review Richard Brody The New Yorker If only some of the uninhibitedly energetic thought and insight of these actors had found its way into Haneke's movie. Sep 12, 2018 Full Review Deborah Ross The Spectator 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. Sep 4, 2018 Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies 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. Rated: 5/5 Aug 19, 2022 Full Review Eve O'Dea Next Best Picture 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. Rated: 9/10 May 19, 2022 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 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. Rated: 4/4 Feb 12, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Glen H Haunting more than any horror film. Heart wrenching more than any drama. A true achievement in cinematic mastery from Haneke. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/14/24 Full Review Ricardo W 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. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/06/24 Full Review Misha C 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. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/16/24 Full Review Jeff M This is one of those quietly devastating motion pictures that always seem to come out of Europe that come across rather subtly while you're watching it and hits you like a ton of bricks as you reflect on the experience. I cared for an elderly grandmother in my home during the last months of her life, so this was an especially emotional voyage for me. Anyone who has experienced the deterioration of a loved one will most likely find much to relate to here, especially in the small moments. I so much appreciate that there aren't a lot of emotional fireworks and overly emphatic speeches about the quality of life. This is a simple story about the efforts and sacrifices one makes in order to care for someone he loves. Riva received all the awards attention here, and it is so very deserved, but in many ways Trintignant is the emotional center of this movie, and it's a devastating performance that deserves as much respect and admiration as his co-star. The end feels a bit drawn out, and I think it could have been 15-20 minutes shorter - that's my only minor quibble that keeps me from giving it a perfect rating. But this is such a wonderful, heartbreaking film that contains moments I will seriously never forget. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/24 Full Review Mikhail B I watched this film years ago, and now I have two feelings about it : fear and humility. I won't risk revisiting it, so vivid are those feelings in my memory. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 12/04/23 Full Review Martin F A hard to watch movie that punch you in the heart until the slow-paced make it lose its steam. Amour shows the tragedy of Alzheimer with an honest and grounded point of view, there is a lot of respect there despite a very sensible subject. It's hard to not feel sad for someone losing the love of their life over an illness that makes them slowly disappear. Following the husband and the daughter is heart-breaking and relatable even if you haven't gone through the same. The movie starts strong but with a slow-pace and some confusing time-jump, it lost its grip. It's still a good movie, but not as emotional as it started. It ends with a thought-provoking finale which is both controversial and relatable and reward the viewers after a dragging middle act. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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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, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Les Films du Losange, ARD Degeto Film, X Filme Creative Pool GmbH, France 3 Cinéma, Westdeutscher Rundfunk
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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