Love is Blue yet Beautiful in “Amour”
By Skip Sheffield
There has been a lot of critical buzz about “Amour,” which won
the Palme D’Or at Cannes
and is up for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It features two
of France ’s
best, oldest actors, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva, directed by
Michael Haneke, who also wrote the story.
To say this is a sad love story would be understating the
fact. Now in their 80s, Georges and Anne are still very much in love, living in
their grand old, shabby-elegant Paris
apartment. But as so often happens in old age, one of them suffers mental degeneration,
and the other must become caretaker, with ever increasing difficulty.
“Amour” is infused with lovely, melancholy classical music, as both
characters are musicians, as is their daughter Eva, played by Isabelle Huppert.
Eva has problems of her own. She is separated from her husband, also a
classical pianist.
“Amour” unflinchingly shows what happens when love is put to its ultimate
test. Wonderfully acted, it is both sad and wistfully beautiful. Happy endings
are never guaranteed, but love is worth savoring as long as it lasts.
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