Amour

2012 2h 7m FR

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7.7

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★7.7TMDB · 1,827

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Jean-Louis Trintignant
Georges
Emmanuelle Riva
Anne
Isabelle Huppert
Eva
Alexandre Tharaud
Alexandre
William Shimell
Geoff
Ramon Agirre
Concierge's Husband
Rita Blanco
Concierge
Carole Franck
Nurse #1

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Michael Haneke
Writers: Michael Haneke
Languages: English, French
Countries: France, Germany, Austria

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.3× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 14 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.

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WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: France, Germany, Austria.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Michael Haneke, shot by Darius Khondji. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Nadine Muse shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert carry the top of the cast.

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IMDB entry: tt1602620 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Michael Haneke directs. Darius Khondji behind the camera. Nadine Muse cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in France, Germany, Austria. Dialogue in English, French.

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1Made its money back 3.3× over at the box office.
2Released 14 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.
4International production across 3 countries: France, Germany, Austria.
5Directed by Michael Haneke, shot by Darius Khondji. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Nadine Muse shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt1602620 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 13 themes, including "daughter", "nurse", "music teacher", "married couple".
10Released under 18 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Darius Khondji
Editing: Nadine Muse
Production design: Jean-Vincent Puzos
Costume design: Catherine Leterrier
Makeup / hair: Thi-Loan Nguyen
Sound: Guillaume Sciama
Runtime: 127 min · 2h 7m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $8,900,000
Box office: $29,800,000
Return: 335% of budget
Original language: FR
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Amour (2012)

Awards

Palme d'Or
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
European Film Award for Best Film
European Film Award for Best Director
European Film Award for Best Actress
European Film Award for Best Actor

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Andres Gomez2014-10-06
★ 8/10
Superb drama about the final stage of the life of a middle-high class couple in France when one of them gets disabled due to a stroke. Bothe actors perform exceptionally.
CinemaSerf2025-09-19
★ 7/10
At a time when the whole concept of “assisted dying” is being scrutinised in the British Parliament, it’s a poignant time to watch this heartfelt drama that follows the decline of the elderly “Anne” (Emmanuelle Riva). She is a retired piano teacher who has been married to “Georges” (Jean-Louis Trintignant) for most of her life and with whom she shares a daughter in “Eve” (Isabelle Huppert). It’s at breakfast one morning that he notices something slightly amiss. She thinks it’s nothing but has soon suffered a debilitating stroke. She has partial movement and is still fairly compos mentis and so the pair promise to continue as best they can, but when she suffers a further attack and is rendered bedridden the pressure on her husband becomes enormous. With their daughter living with her family in the UK, there is only limited support she can offer and at times her frustrations cause friction with her father who is increasingly at his wits end. A nurse is hired, but can that ever be anything better than a stop-gap measure as the inevitable looms large but unpredictably on the horizon? It’s essentially a two-hander and is a very powerful depiction of just how people deal with grief while their loved one is still alive! Promises made must be kept but cannot be; tensions arise that can have no alleviation, love grows and yet dies at the same time. It’s an emotionally charged and thought provoking drama that serves as a timely reminder that so often dignity and individuality are sacrificed at an altar of generality that fails to appreciate that every such scenario is different and that legally defined one-size-fits-all solutions are not always those that really satisfy anyone. Both actors here play their roles with a palpable degree of sensitivity and even though she is inactive for much of it, Riva manages to convey through her facial expressions much of her own character’s exasperation as life’s chemistry replaces it’s quality. It’s not an easy film to watch, nor does it present us with anything other than the solution which “Georges” feels is the most humane. Some will agree, others will not - but that’s a debate that films like this can do much to advance.