Amour

Maybe we're really entering an aging society/ world. Seems like there are more movies about aging population in cinema recently. Earlier in HKG, we have 桃姐. Now from Austria, we've Amour, which also won an award  recently in Golden Palm award.

Story itself is very simple. A sophisticated retired aged couple living peacefully together, until one day the wife suddenly suffers from stroke, starts losing memory and normal functioning. Husband taking care of her at home and this slowly leads to a painful and heartrending journey to both. The process is shown in details. It's kind of depressing, and yet realistic... While one feels helpless to see someone you loved aging, but it's even worse to see the person, suffering, degenerating, losing memory and dignity..

May not be the kind of movie you want to watch for leisure or pleasure, or for a second time. But it would make you reflect, and value about life, love and the person you love.

Rating: 4/5