Amour (2012)
Genre: Drama / Romance
Duration: 127 minuten
Country:
France / Germany / Austria
Directed by: Michael Haneke
Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert
IMDb score:
7,9 (110.188)
Releasedate: 20 September 2012
Amour plot
Georges (Jean-Louis Trintignant) and Anne (Emmanuelle Riva) are in their eighties. They are decent retired music teachers. Their daughter Eva (Isabelle Huppert) lives abroad with her family. One day Anne suffers a stroke that puts the bond of love within the family to the test.
Actors and actresses
Georges Laurent
Anne Laurent
Eva Laurent
Alexandre
Geoff
Concierge's husband
Concierge
Nurse #1
Nurse #2
Police Officer #1
Reviews & comments
De filosoof
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- 2486 messages
- 1697 votes
I often find Haneke disappointing, but I really liked this film. The film shows real love or care without sentimentality, which is already a major achievement, but - unlike some of Haneke's other films - the film also has a shocking climax, even if it comes right at the beginning as a result of a circular narrative. At one point Anne says to Georges: 'you are a monster but nice' and that sums up Georges and perhaps Haneke's vision of humanity. An impressive movie; a generous four stars.
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IH88
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- 9761 messages
- 3190 votes
“It's beautiful.”
“What?”
“Life. So long.”
Difficult movie to rate. It is beautiful and at the same time horrific to see how an elderly couple cope with physical and mental deterioration when the woman has a stroke. The loving care, but also the frustration with the man is realistically portrayed, and Riva and Trintignant act phenomenally. Subdued, but you still feel the emotions and love. Also with the daughter (Huppert).
The problem with the film is the way Haneke portrays it all, and the running time is also problematic. The movie is incredibly slow, and scenes are stretched to the limit. It has a purpose and the film also slowly gets under your skin, but for me it all took too long. I also had the feeling that Haneke deliberately keeps the viewer at a distance by letting the characters show little emotion. I don't want to call them unsympathetic, but you don't really build a bond with them. I usually find these kinds of movies quite gripping, but the last part did surprisingly little for me. Too bad, because the movie does a lot of good.
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Black Math
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- 5430 messages
- 1753 votes
A typical film with a lot of attention for characters and plot and little for the audiovisual aspect. This does not mean that there is no philosophy behind the choice of style. The film is shot in a very minimalistic way, with mostly static camera angles. We see characters disappear into a room, the camera doesn't follow them, but we still hear them talking, giving you a bit of a documentary feel. It feels "real" but it's far from my favorite style.
So much attention to plot and characters. We see an elderly woman deteriorate after several strokes. It is recognizable, because I have also experienced something like this in my family. It's worked out well, both by Riva who plays the wife, and Trintignant, who plays her nurturing husband. But in the end, it's not much different from the tragedy that happens in so many families. You wonder somewhere whether this film is a pamphlet for a self-chosen dignified death, after all, euthanasia is prohibited in many countries, but the film does not elaborate enough on the consequences.
Ultimately, the film is interesting in terms of plot, but the film does not go "the way beyond" in this area, while the style of the film is not mine either, which means that the film is stuck at 2.5*.
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