MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) will release Michael Haneke‘s Palme d‘Or winner Amour on 9 December for a limited release.

The film will initially open in New York and Los Angeles putting it square in the awards season. The move makes the film eligible for consideration in all the major categories.

Amour revolves around an octogenarian couple whose love is tested as they face mortality.

SPC had lso released Haneke‘s Cache in 2005 and The White Ribbon in 2009.