The fourth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 2012 features the Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or winner, Michael Haneke’s Amour. Written and directed by Michael Haneke and starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert, Amour went on to receive five Oscar nominations and one win.

The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/amour-2013), Manohla Dargis in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/19/movies/michael-hanekes-amour-with-jean-louis-trintignant.html), and Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-xpm-2012-dec-18-la-et-mn-1219-amour-20121219-story.html).

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