导演迈克尔·哈内克凭借本片再度勇夺金棕榈大奖。 本片的两位老戏骨分别是威尼斯影后和戛纳柏林双料影帝。 Anne(埃玛妞·丽娃 Emmanuelle Riva 饰)和Georges(让-路易斯·特林提格南特 Jean-Louis Trintignant 饰)这对老夫妻已经 80多岁了,他们都是退休的,有教养的音乐教师。他们的女儿Eva(伊莎贝尔·于佩尔 Isabelle Huppert 饰)也是一个音乐工作者,目前生活在国外。可是有一天,Anne突然中风,随后偏瘫,卧床不起。而正是从这一天开始,她和乔治斯的爱情,在某种程度上开始了考验......Georges and Anne are a couple of retired music teachers enjoying life in their eighties. However, Anne suddenly has a stroke at breakfast and their lives are never the same. That incident begins Anne's harrowingly steep physical and mental decline as Georges attempts to care for her at home as she wishes. Even as the fruits of their lives and career remain bright, the couple's hopes for some dignity prove a dispiriting struggle even as their daughter enters the conflict. In the end, George, with his love fighting against his own weariness and diminished future on top of Anne's, is driven to make some critical decisions for them both.