The Child

The Child, a gritty crime drama with romantic elements, elicits strong negative emotional responses due to its disturbing plot. Audiences primarily feel Sadness and Empathy for the newborn child and the desperate circumstances of the young parents. High Anxiety and Anger are provoked by the characters' precarious criminal lifestyle and Bruno's irresponsible actions, particularly his exploitation of the baby. The film's core premise itself generates a significant sense of the Disturbing. A pervasive Melancholy reflects the bleak realism, while Guilt and Disgust are directed at the characters' choices. Love, though a genre element, is portrayed as complex and often dysfunctional, overshadowed by the harsh realities, with only a minimal glimmer of Hope for redemption.