Amour

[Machine Translation] [KADOKAWA Western Selection] Winner of the 2013 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film! Life is long and wonderful. Michael Haneke, a genius director, depicts a touching love story of a couple who lived together until the end of their lives. Emmanuelle Riva, the oldest actress ever nominated for an Academy Award. Jean-Louis Trintignant (Man and Woman), a masterpiece of love story. Two of France's most famous actors give superb performances. Isabelle Huppert (The Pianist), a regular in Haneke's films, and Alexandre Tharaud, a pianist active in Europe today, also appear in the film under their real names. They also play the music in the film. --The film is about Georges and Anne, a musician and his wife, who live in an apartment in Paris. One day, the couple's contented days suddenly take a dark turn when the wife falls ill. The husband heeds his wife's earnest wish not to be sent back to the hospital again, and decides to take care of her at home. The wife tries not to lose her pride in the face of her approaching death, and the husband gently supports her by her side. However, the patient's condition steadily worsened, and his body and mind gradually began to drift away from a normal state. Between reality and their own, they gradually become isolated from their family and the world...

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[KADOKAWA洋画セレクション] 2013年度アカデミー賞 外国語映画賞受賞! 人生はかくも長く、素晴らしい。鬼才ミヒャエル・ハネケ監督が描く、人生を最後までともに生きた夫婦の、感動の愛の物語。アカデミー史上最年長ノミネート女優、エマニュエル・リヴァ。ラブストーリーの大傑作『男と女』のジャン=ルイ・トランティニャン。フランスを代表する名優2人が見せる、極上の演技。ハネケ作品の常連、『ピアニスト』のイザベル・ユペール、現在ヨーロッパで活躍するピアニスト、アレクサンドル・タローも実名で登場。劇中音楽の演奏も担当している。――パリのアパルトマンに暮らす音楽家夫妻のジョルジュとアンヌ。満ち足りた夫婦の日々は、ある日妻の発病で突如暗転する。「二度と病院に戻さないで」妻の切なる願いを聞き入れ、夫は自宅での介護を決意。忍び寄る死を目前に、誇りを失うまいとする妻と、その側で優しく支える夫。しかし、病状は確実に悪化し心身は徐々に常の状態から遠ざかっていった。現実との狭間で次第に二人は家族からも世の中からも孤立していく・・・。