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* ParentalSexualitySquick: Averted; Eva mentions that she was reassured by the sound of Georges and Anne making love when she was young, as it meant that the family was fine and staying together.

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* ParentalSexualitySquick: Averted; Inverted! Eva mentions that she was reassured by the sound of Georges and Anne making love when she was young, as it meant that the family was fine and staying together.
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* AdultFear: Your loving spouse of many years suffering a stroke and then a surgery gone wrong, deteriorating, and dying while you can only watch, basically helpless, and they tell you to ''let them die rather than go on living in such a state.'' Even if you or your partner never suffer a stroke, there's always the realization that your spouse aging and dying is inevitable and there is ''nothing'' you can do about it.
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The film received unanimous praise from critics (with a 94% rating on both Rottentomatoes and Metacritic) for its realistic depictions of life during a long marriage, being a caretaker to a loved one, watching a partner suffer from illness. It went on to win the Palme D'or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, along with a slew of other accolades. It later received five UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress, and won the award for Best Foreign Language Film. Director Haneke [[WordOfGod stated]] that the film is BasedOnATrueStory from experiences he witnessed in his own family.

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The film received unanimous praise from critics (with a 94% rating on both Rottentomatoes Website/RottenTomatoes and Metacritic) for its realistic depictions of life during a long marriage, being a caretaker to a loved one, watching a partner suffer from illness. It went on to win the Palme D'or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, along with a slew of other accolades. It later received five UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress, and won the award for Best Foreign Language Film. Director Haneke [[WordOfGod stated]] that the film is BasedOnATrueStory from experiences he witnessed in his own family.
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* AdultFear: Your loving spouse of many years suffering a stroke and then a surgery gone wrong, deteriorating, and dying while you can only watch, basically helpless, and they tell you to ''let them die rather than go on living in such a state.'' Even if you or your partner never suffer a stroke, there's always the realization that [[RealityEnsues your spouse aging and dying is inevitable]] and there is ''nothing'' you can do about it.

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* AdultFear: Your loving spouse of many years suffering a stroke and then a surgery gone wrong, deteriorating, and dying while you can only watch, basically helpless, and they tell you to ''let them die rather than go on living in such a state.'' Even if you or your partner never suffer a stroke, there's always the realization that [[RealityEnsues your spouse aging and dying is inevitable]] inevitable and there is ''nothing'' you can do about it.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Eva's husband left her for someone else in their orchestra, but came running back to her when the mistress attempted suicide.
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* PottyFailure: Anne wets the bed one night, leaving her confused and humiliated.

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* AndIMustScream: Anne's deteriorating condition leaves her locked into her own body.



* ForegoneConclusion: Anne is going to die.

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* ForegoneConclusion: Anne is going to die. The fact that Georges isn't around when the firemen break in after Anne's body has been there for a long time suggests something's happened to him, too.


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* ParentalSexualitySquick: Averted; Eva mentions that she was reassured by the sound of Georges and Anne making love when she was young, as it meant that the family was fine and staying together.


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* YourCheatingHeart: Eva's husband left her for someone else in their orchestra, but came running back to her when the mistress attempted suicide.
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Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva star as Georges and Anne, a pair of retired music teachers who live out a humble HappilyMarried existence in Paris. This all changes, however, after Anne has a stroke. The resulting physical debilitation, along with Anne's slowly deteriorating mental state put their love to the ultimate test, as Georges insists on taking care of Anne himself.

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Jean-Louis Trintignant Creator/JeanLouisTrintignant and Emmanuelle Riva star as Georges and Anne, a pair of retired music teachers who live out a humble HappilyMarried existence in Paris. This all changes, however, after Anne has a stroke. The resulting physical debilitation, along with Anne's slowly deteriorating mental state put their love to the ultimate test, as Georges insists on taking care of Anne himself.

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The film received unanimous praise from critics (with a 94% rating on both Rottentomatoes and Metacritic) and won the top prize at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. It later received five UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress, and won the award for Best Foreign Language Film.

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The film received unanimous praise from critics (with a 94% rating on both Rottentomatoes and Metacritic) and won for its realistic depictions of life during a long marriage, being a caretaker to a loved one, watching a partner suffer from illness. It went on to win the top prize Palme D'or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. Festival, along with a slew of other accolades. It later received five UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress, and won the award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Film. Director Haneke [[WordOfGod stated]] that the film is BasedOnATrueStory from experiences he witnessed in his own family.

[[TearJerker Bring tissues.]]


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* AdultFear: Your loving spouse of many years suffering a stroke and then a surgery gone wrong, deteriorating, and dying while you can only watch, basically helpless, and they tell you to ''let them die rather than go on living in such a state.'' Even if you or your partner never suffer a stroke, there's always the realization that [[RealityEnsues your spouse aging and dying is inevitable]] and there is ''nothing'' you can do about it.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Anne no longer has to suffer, satisfied with her life, and she and Georges are presumably TogetherInDeath. [[TearJerker But it's still completely depressing]] as a loving couple has died and Eva is all alone.]]


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* ForegoneConclusion: Anne is going to die.
* FromBadToWorse: As if Anne's first stroke wasn't bad enough, her second one robs her of her speech and sanity.


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* HopeSpot: Georges hopes that Anne's condition is temporary when she appears normal during a visit from one of their old pupils. [[FromBadToWorse Then she has another stroke.]]


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* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Heavily implied with Anne and Georges in the end.]]
* VorpalPillow: [[spoiler:How Georges kills Anne.]]
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* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Georges sits watching his wife of over 50 years play the piano. He then suddenly shuts off the CD he's listening to and goes into the bedroom, where his wife lies bedridden from a stroke and can't even speak or feed herself anymore.
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''Amour'' is a 2012 French film directed by Michael Haneke.

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''Amour'' is a 2012 French film directed by Michael Haneke.
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'''Amour''' is a 2012 French film directed by Michael Haneke.

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'''Amour''' ''Amour'' is a 2012 French film directed by Michael Haneke.



!!Tropes Present in Amour Include:

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!!Tropes Present in Amour Include:!!This film provides examples of:



* LeaveTheCameraRunning: A Haneke trademark: the film is filled with many [[TheOner long]], static shots.



* TheOner: A Haneke trademark: the film is filled with many long, static shots.
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* BottleEpisode: Aside from a brief sequence at a concert, the entire film takes place in Georges and Anne's apartment

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* BottleEpisode: Aside from a brief sequence at a concert, the entire film takes place in Georges and Anne's apartmentapartment.



* ElderAbuse: Implied to have happened with one of the nurses hired to take care of Anne

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* ElderAbuse: Implied to have happened with one of the nurses hired to take care of AnneAnne.
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The film received unanimous praise from critics (with a 94% rating on both Rottentomatoes and Metacritic) and won the top prize at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. It later received five AcademyAward nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress, and won the award for Best Foreign Language Film.

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The film received unanimous praise from critics (with a 94% rating on both Rottentomatoes and Metacritic) and won the top prize at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. It later received five AcademyAward UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress, and won the award for Best Foreign Language Film.

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* [[spoiler:MercyKill]]: [[spoiler:Georges eventually chooses to smother Anne to death with a pillow]].

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* [[spoiler:MercyKill]]: MercyKill: [[spoiler:Georges eventually chooses to smother Anne to death with a pillow]].
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'''Amour''' is a 2012 French film directed by Michael Haneke.

Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva star as Georges and Anne, a pair of retired music teachers who live out a humble HappilyMarried existence in Paris. This all changes, however, after Anne has a stroke. The resulting physical debilitation, along with Anne's slowly deteriorating mental state put their love to the ultimate test, as Georges insists on taking care of Anne himself.

The film received unanimous praise from critics (with a 94% rating on both Rottentomatoes and Metacritic) and won the top prize at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. It later received five AcademyAward nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress, and won the award for Best Foreign Language Film.

!!Tropes Present in Amour Include:
* BottleEpisode: Aside from a brief sequence at a concert, the entire film takes place in Georges and Anne's apartment
* DreamSequence: Georges has a brief nightmare [[spoiler:where his building begins flooding while Anne is still restricted to her bed]].
* ElderAbuse: Implied to have happened with one of the nurses hired to take care of Anne
* HappilyMarried: Georges and Anne, though her illness puts a severe strain on their relationship.
* HowWeGotHere: The film opens with a group of firemen breaking into the apartment and finding Anne's corpse lying on her bed.
* [[spoiler:MercyKill]]: [[spoiler:Georges eventually chooses to smother Anne to death with a pillow]].
* TheOner: A Haneke trademark: the film is filled with many long, static shots.
* ShootTheDog: Anne asks Georges at one point to simply let her die. Georges refuses [[spoiler:at first]].
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