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Amour (2012 film)

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Amour is a 2012 drama written and directed by Michael Haneke, an international co-production of France, Austria and Germany, that follows Anne and Georges, a retired Parisian couple of music teachers whose lives are upended after Anne suffers a stroke over breakfast and Georges takes on her care as her condition worsens. It premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Palme d'Or, making Haneke only the second director to win the prize in consecutive festivals, and it went on to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film alongside a Best Picture nomination. Widely regarded by critics as one of the finest films of the twenty-first century, it grossed nearly 37 million dollars worldwide on a budget of under nine million. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Academy Award for Best International Feature Film 1
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César Award for Best Film 1
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Guldbagge Award for Best Foreign Film 1
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Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film 1
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National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film 1
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2012 1
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1. Amour (2012 film) (Wikipedia)
  • Amour (2012 film), Introduction section
    The narrative focuses on an elderly couple, Anne and Georges, who are retired music teachers with a daughter who lives abroad.
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    20 May 2012 (Cannes)
  • In Medium: Film, Article lead sentence
    Amour (pronounced [a.muʁ]; lit. 'Love') is a 2012 romantic drama film written and directed by Michael Haneke, starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert.
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