Michael Haneke Wins Second Palme D'or

Catherine Shoard, Guardian Unlimited: Film
Sun, 05/27/2012 - 12:05pm

Austrian director wins Cannes top prize for second time in three years for tender portrait of ailing elderly couple Michael Haneke's latest movie, Amour, won the Austrian director his second top prize from Cannes in three years, following his triumph in 2009 with The White Ribbon. The film is the tenderest in a career defined by unflinching brutality, as well as arguably the least cinematic: a two-hander set in a Paris flat.

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Michael Haneke Wins Second Palme D'or

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