Amour (2012)
86%RT Audience Score: 82%
Awards & Nominations: Won 1 Oscar
84 wins & 108 nominations total
With towering performances and an unflinching script from Michael Haneke, Amour represents an honest, heartwrenching depiction of deep love and responsibility
Amour is like a rollercoaster ride of emotions, but instead of loops and drops, it’s all about love, aging, and death. Michael Haneke’s direction is so powerful that it will leave you questioning your own mortality. The performances by Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva are so delicate and nuanced that you’ll feel like you’re watching a real-life couple going through their final moments together. It’s not an easy watch, but it’s definitely worth it. Just make sure you have a box of tissues nearby.
Production Company(ies)
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Studio d’Epinay, Epinay-sur-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material including a disturbing act, and for brief language
Year of Release
2012
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:2h 7m
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Language(s):French, English
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Country of origin:France, Germany
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Dec 19, 2012 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 20, 2013
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, Alexandre Tharaud, William Shimell, Ramón Agirre, directed by Michael Haneke, written by Michael Haneke, produced by Margaret Ménégoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heideuschka, Michael Katz, drama, PG-13, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Amy Taubin, Richard Brody, Deborah Ross, Catherine Wheatley, Nick James, Monica Castillo, Eve O’Dea, Brian Eggert, Dustin Chang, David Lamble, Mattie Lucas, Jean-Louis Trintignant as Georges, Emmanuelle Riva as Anne, Isabelle Huppert as Eva, Alexandre Tharaud as Alexandre, William Shimell as Geoff, Ramón Agirre as Concierge’s Husband
Worldwide gross: $29,664,140
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $38,243,734
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,455
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 4,170,527
US/Canada gross: $6,739,492
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $8,688,718
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,660
US/Canada opening weekend: $68,266
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $88,010
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,981
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $8,900,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $11,474,097
Production budget ranking: 1,615
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $6,178,801
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $20,590,835
ROI to date (est.): 117%
ROI ranking: 874
Emmanuelle Riva – Anne
Isabelle Huppert – Eva
Alexandre Tharaud – Alexandre
William Shimell – Geoff
Ramón Agirre – Concierge’s Husband
Director(s)
Michael Haneke
Writer(s)
Michael Haneke, Michael Haneke
Producer(s)
Margaret Ménégoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heideuschka, Michael Katz
Film Festivals
Cannes, Venice, Telluride, Toronto
Awards & Nominations
Won 1 Oscar
84 wins & 108 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Foreign Language Film of the Year Winners, Oscar Best International Feature Film Of The Year Winners, Oscar Nominees, Oscar Winners
All Critics (226) | Top Critics (75) | Fresh (210) | Rotten (16)
What makes Amour not only bearable but cathartic is the beauty of the filmmaking and the delicacy of the performances.
August 27, 2019
Amy Taubin
Film Comment Magazine
TOP CRITIC
If only some of the uninhibitedly energetic thought and insight of these actors had found its way into Haneke’s movie.
September 12, 2018
Richard Brody
New Yorker
TOP CRITIC
Haneke has taken the ordinary – getting old; dying; happens to us all; no exceptions – and has transformed it into something so literate, powerful, terrifying, intelligent and extraordinary.
September 4, 2018
Deborah Ross
The Spectator
TOP CRITIC
What Haneke give us with Amour is a love story, one that is compassionate, powerful and intelligent, and that treats its protagonists and its audiences with respect.
April 9, 2018
Catherine Wheatley
Sight & Sound
TOP CRITIC
Scene after scene is an exquisite masterclass of astonishing acting.
August 29, 2017
Nick James
Sight & Sound
TOP CRITIC
Beautifully shot, powerfully acted, and skillfully composed, Amour is worth pursuing.
April 13, 2016
Monica Castillo
Dig Boston
TOP CRITIC
In typical Haneke fashion, it leaves us with a deluge of questions about aging, dying, grief, and of course, love, but never dares to give an answer to any of them.
May 19, 2022 | Rating: 9/10
Eve O’Dea
Next Best Picture
Haneke’s most resonant film considers that love has more dimension than we might believe, just as life alternates between harmonious times and inevitable conclusions.
February 12, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
Getting old is an ugly business and seldom a subject for cinema. I can’t think of anyone more fitting than Michael Haneke to tackle this uncinematic, almost taboo subject.
February 28, 2021
Dustin Chang
Floating World
Veteran Austrian auteur Michael Haneke eschews his trademark polarizing story tropes to produce a moving and complex portrait of the final months of a marriage between two retired Parisian music-teachers.
June 19, 2020
David Lamble
Bay Area Reporter
If love truly does overcome all things, then this is its ultimate test, and Haneke’s searing vision is destined to haunt until our dying day.
August 6, 2019 | Rating: 4/4
Mattie Lucas
From the Front Row
In a far more subtle fashion, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva give an octogenarian master class in acting.
July 31, 2019
Brian D. Johnson
Maclean’s Magazine…
Plot
Retired music teachers Georges and Anne face their greatest challenge when Anne suffers a debilitating stroke, and Georges must bravely ignore his own discomfort to take care of his wife and keep his promise to her that she never go back to the hospital in Amour.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
The lead actors, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva, deliver “extraordinary” and “hauntingly passive and peaceful” performances, according to critics.
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