Oscar® Winner for Best Foreign Language Film
Amour
for mature thematic material including a disturbing act, and for brief language.
| Moral Rating: | not reviewed |
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| Primary Audience: | Adults |
| Genre: | Romance Drama |
| Length: | 2 hr. 7 min. |
| Year of Release: | 2012 |
| USA Release: |
December 19, 2012 (limited) |
problems of old age, and growing old as a couple
test of a couple’s bond of love
TRUE LOVE—What is true love and how do you know when you have found it? Answer
strokes and brain damage
Why does God allow innocent people to suffer? Answer
What about the issue of suffering? Doesn’t this prove that there is no God and that we are on our own? Answer
Does God feel our pain? Answer
ORIGIN OF BAD—How did bad things come about? Answer
Did God make the world the way it is now? What kind of world would you create? Answer
murder in the Bible
mercy killing / euthanasia
end of life care / hospice
| Featuring |
Jean-Louis Trintignant … Georges Emmanuelle Riva … Anne Isabelle Huppert … Eva Alexandre Tharaud … Alexandre William Shimell … Geoff Ramón Agirre … Concierge’s Husband Rita Blanco … Concierge Carole Franck … Nurse #1 Dinara Drukarova … Nurse #2 Laurent Capelluto … Police Officer #1 Jean-Michel Monroc … Police Officer #2 Suzanne Schmidt … Neighbour Damien Jouillerot … Paramedic #1 Walid Afkir … Paramedic #2 |
| Director |
Michael Haneke |
| Producer |
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| Distributor |
 Sony Pictures Classics, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment |
Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has an attack. The couple's bond of love is severely tested.”
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