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Amour (2012)
Runtime127 min
Rating12A
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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.
Critical Reception & Ratings
Amour (2012) was critically acclaimed, winning the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It received an IMDb rating of 7.9/10 and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 93%, indicating strong positive reception from both critics and audiences.
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Michael Haneke's poignant exploration of love, loss, and the human experience in old age shares a profound emotional depth and philosophical resonance with the works of Kieślowski that featured Zamachowski.
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Amour is a 2012 French romantic tragedy film written and directed by Michael Haneke, starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert. The narrative focuses on an elderly couple, Anne and Georges, who are retired music teachers with a daughter who lives abroad. One morning during breakfast, Anne has a stroke, and the ensuing complications reshape their lives. The film is an international co-production among the French, German, and Austrian companies Les Films du Losange, X Filme Creative Pool, and Wega Film.
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