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Amour (2012)

Film

DirectorMichael Haneke

Meta takes3

Figures

Locations

The Parisian apartment setting
The pigeon that twice enters the apartment → The Piercing Detail

Form & technique

The film's formal style (long takes, static camera) → Durational Aesthetics
The film's pan-European production and narrative context

Tropes

Georges's act of suffocating Anne
Anne's non-verbal and pained vocalizations
Close-ups on Anne's face during her suffering → The Face of the Other
Anne's condition of total dependence
The characters' bourgeois milieu (concerts, art, literature)

Films most connected to Amour

Son of Saul (2015) — via The Piercing Detail, The Face of the Other
Lorna's Silence (2008) — via The Face of the Other
Rosetta (1999) — via The Face of the Other
Poetry (2010) — via The Face of the Other
Tori and Lokita (2022) — via The Face of the Other
Beau Travail (1999) — via The Face of the Other
Zodiac (2007) — via Durational Aesthetics
Ash Is Purest White (2018) — via Durational Aesthetics