Amour

Retired Paris music teachers Georges and Anne live an attentive shared life until Anne suffers a stroke and returns home with reduced mobility. Georges becomes her primary caregiver as further decline narrows their apartment, routines, and contact with others.

A piano, wheelchair, meals, washing, closed doors, visits, a pigeon, and the apartment's unchanged décor make decline practical and intimate. Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva preserve dignity without hiding exhaustion.