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Amour

2012 2h 7m Michael Haneke

Amour

★ 7.9 IMDb

Drama Made in Europe

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.

Writer Michael Haneke

Cast Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, Alexandre Tharaud

DP Darius Khondji

Music Franz Schubert

Essays and Criticism

On this film

One Last Test by Alin Tasciyan, FIPRESCI Amour (Michael Haneke, France/Austria) by Christoph Huber, Cinema Scope Cannes 2012. Michael Haneke's "Amour" by Boris Nelepo, MUBI Notebook PANORAMA: AMOUR BY MICHAEL HANEKE by Catherine Jessica Beed, Desistfilm

On Michael Haneke

Funny Frames: The Filmic Concepts of Michael Haneke, by Oliver C. Speck by Jeremiah Ambrose, Alphaville Michael Haneke’s Cinema: The Ethic of the Imageby Catherine Wheatley by Yun-hua Chen, Senses of Cinema

In conversation with other films

Michael Haneke and Alain Resnais: Ballad with Love and Death by Isabelle Danel, FIPRESCI In [No] Home Movie Style: Her Death and Rebirth by Nadine Boljkovac, Screening the Past

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Awards & Festivals

Won European Film Award for Best Film

Nominated Academy Award for Best Picture

Nominated Academy Award for Best Actress

Won European Film Award for Best Actress

Won European Film Award for Best Director

Nominated César Award for Best Actress

Selection 25th European Film Awards

Nominated European Film Award for Best Actor

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