Amour (2012 film)
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Amour (pronounced [a.muʁ]; French: "Love") is a 2012 French-language romantic drama film written and directed by the Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke, starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert. The narrative focuses on an elderly couple, Anne and Georges, who are retired music teachers with a daughter who lives abroad. Anne has a stroke that paralyses the right side of her body.[4] The film is a co-production among the French, German, and Austrian companies Les Films du Losange, X-Filme Creative Pool, and Wega Film.
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Directed by | Michael Haneke |
Written by | Michael Haneke |
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Cinematography | Darius Khondji |
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Running time | 127 minutes[1][2] |
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Language | French |
Budget | $8.9 million[3] |
Box office | $36.8 million[3] |
Amour was screened at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival,[5][6] where it won the Palme d'Or.[7] It won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 85th Academy Awards[8][9] and was nominated in four other categories: Best Picture, Best Actress in a Leading Role (Emmanuelle Riva), Best Original Screenplay (Michael Haneke) and Best Director (Michael Haneke).[10] At 85, Riva is the oldest nominee for Best Actress in a Leading Role.[11][12]
At the 25th European Film Awards, Amour was nominated in six categories,[13] winning in four, including Best Film and Best Director. At the 47th National Society of Film Critics Awards it won Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress.[14] At the 66th British Academy Film Awards it was nominated in four categories, winning for Best Leading Actress and Best Film Not in the English Language.[15] Riva became the oldest person to win a BAFTA.[16][17] At the 38th César Awards, it was nominated in ten categories,[18] winning in five, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress.[19][20] In 2016, the film was named the 42nd best film of the 21st century in a poll of 177 film critics from around the world.[21] The film was 69th on BBC's 2018 list of the 100 greatest foreign-language films as voted by 209 film critics from 43 countries.[22]