I waited quite a long time to finally watch the french movie "amour". Disease, aging, death, whatelse could be worse than these three topics for me? Well, this movie includes all of them, and love, which I never believe. No doubt how hard to watch this movie for me.
Originally two-hours movie took me three hours, because some plots were so hard to digest, I must pause to make myself calm to continue.
In our live death is not avoidable. Death itself is not terrifying. What is terrifying is the fact people alive need to confront the death. Two years before, I went to the funeral of my friend's dad. That was the first funeral I have ever attended The moment when I saw the corpse, I cried for no reason. I wasn't even familiar with my friend's dad. I met him at most two or three times. It was just the truth that he was lying there without knowing what we were doing at that moment. I was scared.
The story of the movie is so simple, and there is almost no plot in a certain way. The could be described into one sentence: old lady got sick, she suffered, and then died. But what is complicated is behind the story -- amour.
I love this movie, especially all those details.
Anne had a happy life even with terrible strokes at the end of the life, one of the most important reason is Georges. I don't know at the age of 80s, what is love for them. Scientists tell us that love is related to oxytocin levels. The study, published in Psychoneuroendocrinology, showed that oxytocin levels could not last long. Researchers measured levels of oxytocin in people who had recently begun relationships. Six months later, the couples with the higher levels of oxytocin tended to still be together. If oxytocin level is the index of love, well, it won't be surprised to see low level of this couple. It is just a guess, but maybe it could be super high as well. I don't believe "love", or in other way, I don't believe the terminology of "love". Love could be explained as responsibility, accompanying, supporting and etc.
Like in the movie, Anne probably experienced the worst time of her life because of stroke. Georges was the person who can only support her at that time. I call it "love". She didn't loss the will of living right away after the first stroke. However, the disease destroyed her. She gave up her own life. But Georges didn't. How brave he was, made the most difficult decision for himself. In my opinion, he totally understood her and love lead that ending of the movie.
So at the end, do we really believe love, or just everybody needs somebody to comfort each other.
Saint-Valentine day is coming soon..hope everybody get somebody..and be happy:)
