Amour
Academy Award × 1
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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 a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
What critics thought
Haneke's quietly devastating portrait of an elderly couple navigating illness and loss drew near-universal critical reverence, with many placing it among the best films of the decade. The central debate, though small, cuts to the heart of how Haneke works: whether his famously clinical remove deepens the film's emotional honesty or keeps the audience at an arm's length that ultimately prevents genuine feeling from breaking through.
“far from being a cold, scientific study from a filmmaker frequently accused of placing a pane of glass between his work and his viewers, this sensitive film emerges heartfelt and humane.”
Jamie Graham·Total Film
“Amour is devastatingly original and unflinching in the way it examines the effect of love on death, and vice versa”
Dave Calhoun·Time Out London
“months after its debut at Cannes this film already feels permanent.”
A. O. Scott·The New York Times
“isn't the work of a newly moral or humanistic filmmaker, but another ruse by the same unscrupulous showman whose funny games have been beguiling us for years”
Calum Marsh·Slant Magazine
Genres
Drama
Cast & Crew
DirectorMichael Haneke
StarringJean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, Alexandre Tharaud, William Shimell
Amour
Academy Award × 1
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 a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
What critics thought
Haneke's quietly devastating portrait of an elderly couple navigating illness and loss drew near-universal critical reverence, with many placing it among the best films of the decade. The central debate, though small, cuts to the heart of how Haneke works: whether his famously clinical remove deepens the film's emotional honesty or keeps the audience at an arm's length that ultimately prevents genuine feeling from breaking through.
“far from being a cold, scientific study from a filmmaker frequently accused of placing a pane of glass between his work and his viewers, this sensitive film emerges heartfelt and humane.”
Jamie Graham·Total Film
“Amour is devastatingly original and unflinching in the way it examines the effect of love on death, and vice versa”
Dave Calhoun·Time Out London
“months after its debut at Cannes this film already feels permanent.”
A. O. Scott·The New York Times
“isn't the work of a newly moral or humanistic filmmaker, but another ruse by the same unscrupulous showman whose funny games have been beguiling us for years”
Calum Marsh·Slant Magazine
Genres
Drama
Cast & Crew
DirectorMichael Haneke
StarringJean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, Alexandre Tharaud, William Shimell
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