Amour

Michael Haneke, Emmanuelle Riva, Jean-Louis Trintignant - Amour

Jean-Louis Trintignant - Amour


Emmanuelle Riva - Amour




The film opens with officers breaking open an apartment in Paris and finding the corpse of a woman surrounded by flowers. In a flashback the last months of the woman, Anne and her husband Georges, both retired music teachers are shown. Slowly Anne's health is deteriorating and George has to take care of her.

Nominated for five Academy Awards:
Best Picture
Best Director - Michael Haneke
Best actress - Emmanuelle Riva
Best original screenplay - Michael Haneke
Best foreign language film



Books with substantial mentioning of Amour

Paul Verhoeven, Rob van Scheers
Meer Verhoeven, Op stap door de filmgeschiedenis met Paul Verhoeven
Amsterdam, 2014

Articles on Amour

Happy Haneke!, in: Empire, nr. 278 (August), 2012 pp. 29

Geoff Andrew, Michael Haneke, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 12 (December), 2012 pp. 54-58

Mark Cousins, Close to you, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 2 (February), 2013 pp. 17

J. Hoberman, The Shock of the Old, in: Filmcomment, nr. 1 (January/February), 2013 pp. 26-29

Marli Feldvoß, Am Ende des Lebens, in: epd Film, nr. 9, 2012 pp. 18-21

Charles Martig, Die Liebe und der Tod, in: Filmdienst, nr. 19 (13. September), 2012 pp. 10-12

Reviews

Catherine Wheatley, Amour, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 12 (December), 2012 pp. 87-88

Ian Freer, Amour, in: Empire, nr. 286 (April), 2013 pp. 131 (DVD review)

Alexandra Wach, Liebe, in: Filmdienst, nr. 19 (13. September), 2012 pp. 36


Year: 2012
Country: France
Germany
Austria
Language: French
 
IMDb: 1602620