10 Movies That Forced You To Answer Impossible Questions
4. Amour - Could You Euthanise Your Spouse If They Asked?
Directed by the cinematic tour de force that is Michael Haneke, Amour is the story of elderly man Georges learning to deal with his wife Anne's declining health, of which the only solution seems to be to send her into a nursing home. As Anne recognises her strokes are rendering her incapable, she makes her husband promise to never send her away to be cared for. Essentially, she's asking him to end her life when she no longer has control over it - and that's exactly what he does.
It's a powerful, emotional film that unflinchingly depicts an unbreakable bond between two people in all its highs and lows. Amour stares you straight in the face and asks if you could be strong enough to speak for your partner when they no longer can, and to fulfil their wishes even if it's the last thing you would ever want for yourself.
Could you be totally, completely selfless? Could you take a life they no longer want?