Love is an upcoming French-language film written and directed by Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke is a German born Austrian filmmaker and writer best known for his bleak and disturbing style. His films often document problems and failures in modern society. Haneke has worked in television‚ theatre and cinema. He is also known for raising social issues in his work...

, starring Isabelle Huppert

Isabelle Huppert

Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert is a French actress who has appeared in over 90 film and television productions since 1971. She has had 14 films in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and won the Best Actress Award twice, for Violette Nozière and La pianiste . She is also the most...

, Jean-Louis Trintignant

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Jean-Louis Trintignant is a French actor who has enjoyed an international acclaim. He won the Best Actor Award at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.-Career:...

 and Emmanuelle Riva

Emmanuelle Riva

Emmanuelle Riva is a French actress.Riva started her acting career on the Paris stage after having worked as a seamstress...

. The narrative will focus on an elderly couple, Anne and Georges, who are retired music teachers with a daughter who lives abroad. One day Anne suffers a stroke

Stroke

A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...

 which paralyses her on one side of the body. The film is a co-production between companies in France, Germany and Austria.

Cast

• Isabelle Huppert
  Isabelle Huppert
  Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert is a French actress who has appeared in over 90 film and television productions since 1971. She has had 14 films in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and won the Best Actress Award twice, for Violette Nozière and La pianiste . She is also the most...
  
   as Eva
• Jean-Louis Trintignant
  Jean-Louis Trintignant
  Jean-Louis Trintignant is a French actor who has enjoyed an international acclaim. He won the Best Actor Award at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.-Career:...
  
   as Georges
• Emmanuelle Riva
  Emmanuelle Riva
  Emmanuelle Riva is a French actress.Riva started her acting career on the Paris stage after having worked as a seamstress...
  
   as Anne
• William Shimell as Geoff

Production

The film was produced for 7.29 million euros through France's Les Films du Losange, Germany's X-Filme Creative Pool and Austria's Wega Film. It received co-production support from France 3

France 3

France 3 is the second largest French public television channel and part of the France Télévisions group, which also includes France 2, France 4, France 5, and France Ô....

 and 404,000 euros in support from the Île-de-France region

Île-de-France (région)

Île-de-France is the wealthiest and most populated of the twenty-two administrative regions of France, composed mostly of the Paris metropolitan area....

. Further funding was granted by the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg in Germany and National Center of Cinematography and the moving image in France. Principal photography took place from 7 February to 1 April 2011.