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Repentance

1984 · 153 min · Director: Tengiz Abuladze ★ IMDb 8 · 5,538 ratings

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The day after the funeral of Varlam Aravidze, the mayor of a small Georgian town, his corpse turns up in his son's garden and is secretly reburied. But the corpse keeps returning, and the police eventually capture a local woman, who is accused of digging it up. She says that Varlam should never be laid to rest because he was responsible for a Stalin-like reign of terror that led to the disappearance of many of her friends...

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Repentance (1984) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 30%, Tension 25%, Disturbing 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Tension, Disturbing. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Tension and Disturbing. Its IMDb rating of 8.0/10 suggests a strong audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sadness
  • Disturbing
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

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Disturbing
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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 3 %, then rises around 43 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessDisturbingTension
2.5 %≈ 4′Humor42 %26 %23 %20 %
7.5 %≈ 11′Disturbing51 %23 %35 %37 %
12.5 %≈ 19′Tension57 %22 %37 %50 %
17.5 %≈ 27′Empathy57 %30 %31 %50 %
22.5 %≈ 34′Tension55 %31 %33 %49 %
27.5 %≈ 42′Tension54 %22 %37 %48 %
32.5 %≈ 50′Tension49 %22 %31 %41 %
37.5 %≈ 57′Sadness55 %31 %30 %44 %
42.5 %≈ 65′Tension72 %40 %47 %64 %
47.5 %≈ 73′Empathy80 %48 %63 %73 %
52.5 %≈ 80′Disturbing79 %47 %70 %67 %
57.5 %≈ 88′Disturbing78 %52 %70 %62 %
62.5 %≈ 96′Sadness82 %68 %70 %62 %
67.5 %≈ 103′Empathy83 %69 %71 %67 %
72.5 %≈ 111′Disturbing78 %55 %70 %67 %
77.5 %≈ 119′Disturbing78 %53 %71 %66 %
82.5 %≈ 126′Sadness83 %67 %73 %71 %
87.5 %≈ 134′Sadness87 %77 %73 %70 %
92.5 %≈ 142′Sadness87 %79 %72 %58 %
97.5 %≈ 149′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

AM
Avtandil Makharadze

ZB
Zeinab Botsvadze

IN
Iya Ninidze

Guliko

IN
Ia Ninidze

ZB
Zeinab Botsvadze

Ketevan Barateli

KA
Ketevan Abuladze

Nino Barateli

E(
Edisher (Davit) Giorgobiani

Sandro Barateli

KK
Kakhi Kavsadze

Mikheil Koresheli

MN
Merab Ninidze

Tornike

NZ
Nino Zaqariadze

Elene Korisheli

NO
Nano Ochigava

Young Ketevan

GM
Georgi Mataradze

AA
Amiran Amiranashvili (II)

MK
Marina Kakhiani

MJ
Mikheil Jojua

Details

Directed by
Tengiz Abuladze
Written by
Tengiz Abuladze, Nana Janelidze, Rezo Kveselava
Type
Movies
Released
1984
Runtime
153 min
Country
Soviet Union
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 8 · 5,538 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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