What makes Amour not only bearable but cathartic is the beauty of the filmmaking and the delicacy of the performances.

If only some of the uninhibitedly energetic thought and insight of these actors had found its way into Haneke's movie.

Haneke has taken the ordinary - getting old; dying; happens to us all; no exceptions - and has transformed it into something so literate, powerful, terrifying, intelligent and extraordinary.

This is a story of true love – a love between a husband and wife that only grew stronger through the many years they experienced together. It’s a love that’s taken for granted today and often times treated so flippantly.