Amour
What happens to an older couple when one gets sick and the other tries to be the caregiver. AMOUR is an award-winning French film showing the course of desperation and helplessness that leads to a startling climax.
An older man caring for his wife who has repeated strokes. Read Faye Girsh's analysis of how the death in this film could have been better.
By Katy Butler, New York Times Magazine, June 18, 2010 This article was an influential article and prompted two excellent books by Katy Butler, Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death, 2013 and The Art…