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Oscar Winning Foreign Film: Amour

Directed by Michael Haneke
Starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert
French with English subtities
2 hrs 7 mins, rated PG-13

Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has an attack. The couple's bond of love is severely tested.

Critics' Pick. "A masterpiece about life, death and everything in between Moving, subtly brilliant performances" Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

"An unforgettable love story tragic and beautiful." Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com

4 STARS. "An unexpected kind of masterpiece." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times

"Indisputably the year's best foreign-language film." Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

"Amazing. A beautiful masterpiece." Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News

"Beautiful and devastating" David Fear, Time Out New York

"The most honest film about old age ever made." Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly