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When the Wind Blows

1986 · 84 min · Director: Jimmy T. Murakami ★ IMDb 7.7 · 15,333 ratings

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With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II.

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Emotional fingerprint

When the Wind Blows (1986) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 35%, Empathy 25%, Fear 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Sadness
25%Empathy
20%Fear
  1. Sadness35%
  2. Empathy25%
  3. Fear20%
  4. Melancholy10%
  5. Disturbing10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Empathy, Fear. Genres: Drama, Animation, War. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Fear. Its IMDb rating of 7.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 74/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Sympathy
  • Sadness
  • Tension

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Sympathy
Sadness
Tension
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 18 %, then rises around 33 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySympathySadnessTension
2.5 %≈ 2′Sadness53 %25 %37 %38 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Tension53 %26 %20 %41 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Humor51 %29 %14 %39 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Humor50 %30 %18 %35 %
22.5 %≈ 19′Humor51 %27 %13 %34 %
27.5 %≈ 23′Humor54 %26 %10 %34 %
32.5 %≈ 27′Humor65 %36 %16 %51 %
37.5 %≈ 32′Tension75 %48 %20 %69 %
42.5 %≈ 36′Sympathy65 %46 %20 %56 %
47.5 %≈ 40′Humor56 %45 %25 %44 %
52.5 %≈ 44′Sympathy61 %53 %36 %49 %
57.5 %≈ 48′Sympathy68 %61 %46 %55 %
62.5 %≈ 53′Sympathy73 %66 %53 %61 %
67.5 %≈ 57′Sympathy73 %65 %54 %60 %
72.5 %≈ 61′Sympathy70 %63 %51 %55 %
77.5 %≈ 65′Sympathy75 %69 %56 %61 %
82.5 %≈ 69′Sympathy84 %80 %70 %70 %
87.5 %≈ 74′Sympathy90 %86 %81 %71 %
92.5 %≈ 78′Sadness93 %88 %87 %68 %
97.5 %≈ 82′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

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Peggy Ashcroft

John Mills

RH
Robin Houston

JR
James Russell

Russian submariner (voice)

DD
David Dundas

Additional Voices (voice)

MI
Matt Irving

Additional Voices (voice)

BM
Bernard Montgomery

Self (archive footage)

HS
Harry S. Truman

Self (archive footage)

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Joseph Stalin

Self (archive footage)

WC
Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage)

Details

Directed by
Jimmy T. Murakami
Written by
Raymond Briggs
Type
Animation
Released
1986
Runtime
84 min
Country
United Kingdom
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.7 · 15,333 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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