
Georges and Anne are a couple of retired music teachers enjoying life in their eighties. However, Anne suddenly has a stroke at breakfast and their lives are never the same. That incident begins Anne's harrowingly steep physical and mental decline as Georges attempts to care for her at home as she wishes. Even as the fruits of their lives and career remain bright, the couple's hopes for some dignity prove a dispiriting struggle even as their daughter enters the conflict. In t... (Full plot summary below)
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Georges and Anne are a couple of retired music teachers enjoying life in their eighties. However, Anne suddenly has a stroke at breakfast and their lives are never the same. That incident begins Anne's harrowingly steep physical and mental decline as Georges attempts to care for her at home as she wishes. Even as the fruits of their lives and career remain bright, the couple's hopes for some dignity prove a dispiriting struggle even as their daughter enters the conflict. In the end, George, with his love fighting against his own weariness and diminished future on top of Anne's, is driven to make some critical decisions for them both.
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| Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallWith Amour, it's the rare feeling of watching a masterpiece unfold. |
| New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierSmall victories that turn into defeats, long walks to gain little ground, little wounds that get deeper every day - growing old is a war, and movies rarely go there. Michael Haneke's amazing, dignified Amour is the exception. |
| New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinSomething sacred passes between Trintignant and Riva. The actress's eyes signal deep awareness as the sounds coming out of her mouth become animalistic. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranA perfect storm of a motion picture, with an icy, immaculate director unexpectedly taking on deeply emotional subject matter. |
| ObserverRex ReedDon't let Amour join the legion of "Best Films You Never Saw." I urge you to share its sweetness and wisdom, and learn something. |
| Film RacketBill Gibrona stunning work from a man more capable of provocation than actual insight. |
| Screen InternationalJonathan RomneyHanekes absolute control makes the film intensely involving and quietly moving, rather than harrowing. |
| The GuardianPeter BradshawThe icy message may be that love is not a consolation as we face death. Rather the reverse. Love will give your death meaning, but make it no less unbearable. |
| EmpireDavid HughesMichael Haneke's Palme D'Or winner is uncomfortable, uncompromising, unflinching... and utterly unmissable. Old age may not be a reality you wish to confront, but you must see this film. |
| Total FilmJamie GrahamA compassionate, masterful work that deservedly won Haneke a second Palme d'Or after "The White Ribbon's" 2009 victory. Best to avoid on a first date, though. |