2012 · drama · romance
Amour
Directed by Michael Haneke2h 7m2012
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 a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
Our read: Amour (2012) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, grounded drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, slow-burn, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- heavy
- slow-burn
- bleak
- intimate
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