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 a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
Acting
Riva and Trintignant—two titans, no vanity, pure truth.
Direction
Haneke's static frames force you to witness everything.
Writing
Dialogue so spare it feels eavesdropped, not scripted.
Director
Michael Haneke
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Georges
Emmanuelle Riva
Anne
Isabelle Huppert
Eva
Alexandre Tharaud
Alexandre
William Shimell
Geoff
Ramon Agirre
Concierge's Husband
Rita Blanco
Concierge
Carole Franck
Nurse #1
Dinara Drukarova
Nurse #2
Laurent Capelluto
Police Officer #1
Jean-Michel Monroc
Police Officer #2
Suzanne Schmidt
Neighbour
Damien Jouillerot
Paramedic #1
Walid Afkir
Paramedic #2
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Emmanuelle Riva, 85, became the oldest Best Actress nominee in history; she had to be lifted onto set for the final scenes.
Haneke filmed in his own childhood apartment building—those corridors contain his actual memories of bourgeois Vienna.
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