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Moon Over Parador

1988 · 103 min · Director: Paul Mazursky, Paul Mazursky ★ IMDb 6 · 7,087 ratings

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Little known actor Jack Noah is working on location in the country of Parador at the time the dictator dies. The dictator's right-hand man Roberto makes Jack an offer he cannot refuse: to play the dictator. Jack's acting skills fool the masses, but not close friends and employees of the dictator.

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Moon Over Parador (1988) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Surprise 20%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Humor
20%Love
  1. Humor30%
  2. Love20%

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The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Surprise, Love. Genres: Comedy, Romance. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Surprise and Love. Its IMDb rating of 6.0/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 60/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Curiosity
  • Relief

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Relief

Dominant emotion: Love

Humor
Curiosity
Relief
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.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 13 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorCuriosityRelief
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor47 %47 %32 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor46 %46 %29 %0 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Humor43 %40 %30 %0 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Curiosity45 %34 %38 %3 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Tension55 %39 %48 %5 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Humor59 %49 %50 %5 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Humor54 %48 %43 %6 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Humor50 %44 %35 %6 %
42.5 %≈ 44′Humor54 %46 %32 %10 %
47.5 %≈ 49′Tension57 %45 %35 %25 %
52.5 %≈ 54′Relief56 %43 %35 %36 %
57.5 %≈ 59′Love56 %44 %28 %29 %
62.5 %≈ 64′Love56 %48 %24 %14 %
67.5 %≈ 70′Humor57 %44 %28 %5 %
72.5 %≈ 75′Tension65 %34 %32 %3 %
77.5 %≈ 80′Tension66 %35 %39 %5 %
82.5 %≈ 85′Humor61 %41 %45 %6 %
87.5 %≈ 90′Tension64 %46 %43 %18 %
92.5 %≈ 95′Relief66 %45 %31 %44 %
97.5 %≈ 100′Relief63 %33 %25 %57 %
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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

PH
Polly Holliday

Midge

C
Charo

Madame Loop

RR
Richard Russell Ramos

Dieter Lopez

JL
José Lewgoy

Archbishop

DF
Dann Florek

Toby

RA
Roger Aaron Brown

Desmond

DC
Dick Cavett

Self

IP
Ike Pappas

Self

Ed Asner

Self

Details

Written by
Paul Mazursky, Leon Capetanos, Charles G. Booth, Paul Mazursky
Type
Movies
Released
1988
Runtime
103 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6 · 7,087 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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