Wikipedia - "Amour (pronounced: [a.muʁ]; French for 'Love') is a 2012 French-language drama film written and directed by the Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke, starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert. ... A brigade of firemen break down the door of an apartment in Paris to find the corpse of Anne (Emmanuelle Riva) lying on a bed, adorned with cut flowers. Several months earlier, Anne and her husband Georges (Jean-Louis Trintignant), both retired piano teachers in their eighties, attend a performance by one of Anne's former pupils. The next morning while they are eating breakfast, Anne silently suffers a stroke. She sits in a catatonic state, not responding to Georges. She comes around as Georges is about to get help, but doesn't remember anything that took place. Georges thinks she was playing a prank on him. Anne is unable to pour herself a drink. ..."
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NYT: Étude on Aging, Its Graces, Its Indignities
NYT: Words of Love From a Severe Director
Roger Ebert
LA Times - Essay: 'Amour' is a horror film for the ages
Guardian - Amour: how can we embrace a film that is so clearly an advert for euthanasia?
YouTube: Amour - trailer Cannes Film Festival 2012
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