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Amour (2012 film)

Amour
An elderly man cups his hands onto the ears of his wife in a loving manner, as she stares at him with loving eyes within a blank expression.
French release poster
Directed byMichael Haneke
Written byMichael Haneke
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDarius Khondji
Edited by
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Les Films du Losange (France)
  • X-Verleih (Germany)
  • Filmladen (Austria)
Release dates
  • 20 May 2012 (2012-05-20) (Cannes)
  • 20 September 2012 (2012-09-20) (Germany)
  • 24 October 2012 (2012-10-24) (France)
Running time
127 minutes[1][2]
Countries
  • France
  • Austria
  • Germany
LanguageFrench
Budget$8.9 million[3]
Box office$36.8 million[3]

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.

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]

  1. ^ "Amour - Zurich Film Festival". Zurich Film Festival. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Amour - Love (12)". British Board of Film Classification. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Amour at The Numbers". The Numbers. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference ifbacks was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "2012 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  6. ^ "Cannes Film Festival 2012 line-up announced". timeout. Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  7. ^ "Awards 2012". Cannes. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  8. ^ "Oscars 2013: Full list of winners". BBC News. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  9. ^ "Hanke's Amour geht fuer Oesterreich ins Oscar Rennen". Der Standard. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  10. ^ "Oscars: Hollywood announces 85th Academy Award nominations". BBC News. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  11. ^ "Youngest v oldest actress vie for Oscar as Lincoln leads the pack". The Times. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  12. ^ Walker, Tim (10 January 2013). "Quvenzhané Wallis v Emmanuelle Riva: Best actress Oscar contested by oldest and youngest ever nominees". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 13 January 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  13. ^ "Amour leads European Film Award nominations". BBC News. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  14. ^ "US critics reward Cannes favourite Amour". BBC News. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  15. ^ "Bafta awards 2013: Full list of nominees". BBC News. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  16. ^ Brown, Mark (10 February 2013). "Baftas: stars dress for show not snow as awards hail director Ben Affleck". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  17. ^ "'Argo', Affleck take top prizes at BAFTAs". CNN. 11 February 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  18. ^ "Amour among contenders for 2013 Cesar Awards". BBC News. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  19. ^ "Michael Haneke film 'Amour' sweeps major César awards in Oscars warm-up". euronews. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  20. ^ "'Amour' sweeps France's César awards". France24. 22 February 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  21. ^ "The 21st Century's 100 greatest films". 23 August 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  22. ^ "The 100 Greatest Foreign Language Films". bbc. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2021.

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