Amour
Michael Haneke / FR, AT, DE, 2012 / 125 min.
Equal parts subdued and deeply moving, Michael Haneke shows how an elderly couple deal with the decline of one of them. Her husband quite naturally, lovingly cares for her. On the minefield of aging. In memory of Jean-Louis Trintignant.
Amour is Haneke’s most intimate film yet. Without degenerating into melodrama he follows the shifting relationship between George (Jean-Louis Trintignant), Anne (Emmanuelle Riva) and their egocentric daughter (Isabelle Huppert). After a heart attack, eloquent piano teacher Anne is but a shadow of her former self.
Details
Director
Michael Haneke
Production year
2012
Country
FR, AT, DE
Original title
Amour
Length
125 min.
Language
French
Subtitles
NLD
Format
DCP
Part of
Eye Classics
Eye’s collection includes a wealth of classics. We screen them regularly, in various programmes. Eye now brings film history even closer with its new series Eye Classics: three classics a week, chosen by Eye's programmers. On the big screen, screened in 35mm whenever possible.
Jean-Louis Trintignant (1931 – 2022)
On Wednesday 17 June, Jean-Louis Trintignant passed away at the age of 91. He had been ill for some time. With three films, Eye Classics commemorates one of the greatest actors of post-war European cinema: Un homme et une femme, Z and Amour.
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