Amour (Haneke, 2012): Genesis Cinema, 6.05pm
This is part of the 35mm presentations of Michael Haneke films at the Genesis.Chicago Reader review:
Love is measured in devotion, and devotion in the minutes and hours of
suffering, in this harrowing and moving romance from Austrian master
Michael Haneke (The White Ribbon, Cache). Jean-Louis
Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva play a long-married couple trying to
adjust as the wife, a piano teacher, suffers a series of strokes that
leave her paralyzed and finally bedridden. Anger, humiliation, and
despair all take their toll, but Riva, extraordinary in the role, also
communicates the class, intelligence, and beauty that the husband still
sees. His tireless attention to her as her body breaks down and her
spirit wilts is a thing of wonder to Haneke, who has put his finger on a
very particular kind of heartbreak: seeing a lover give up not on you
but on the life you’ve shared.
JR Jones
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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