Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture
A stunning late-career triumph for French cinema titans Emmanuelle Riva (Hiroshima, mon amour) and Jean-Louis Trintignant (A Man and a Woman), Michael Haneke’s Palme d’Or-winning, Academy Award-nominated masterpiece is the devastating story of two elderly Parisian music teachers now in retirement and approaching their final days. One morning, after coming home from the music recital of a former student, the wife suffers a sudden attack. Chronicling her mental and physical deterioration with a mixture of Haneke’s trademark honesty and newfound tenderness, the film is an unforgettable portrait of the bonds of marriage tested to their limits.