Amour

Michael Haneke20122h 7mDrama

Why we chose it

Haneke won the Palme d’Or and an Oscar for his most tender film. Jean-Louis Trintignant (“Three Colours: Red”) and Emmanuelle Riva (“Hiroshima mon amour”) play a couple whose love has weathered everything, until it comes up against the one thing nothing and nobody can defeat.

Synopsis

Georges and Anne are retired music teachers in their eighties who have been together for decades and have lived in the same Paris flat for many years. Then one morning at breakfast, Anne stops in mid-sentence and stares blankly into space. From then on her memory begins to fade, taking with it the life the two of them have built together.

Information

Director
Cast
Production year: 2012
Decade: 2010s
Duration: 2h 7m
Genre: Drama
Festivals & Awards
Language: English, French
Country: France, Germany, Austria
Subtitles: Greek, Polish
Age rating: Κ-12

Oscars

Best Foreign Language Film

2013

Cannes Film Festival

Palme d'Or

2012

BAFTA Awards

Best Actress (Emmanuelle Riva)

2013

European Film Awards

Best European Director

2013

Golden Globes

Best Foreign Language Film

2013

San Sebastian Film Festival

FIPRESCI Prize

2012

What others say

4.5

135 reviews

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