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A Heart in Winter

1992 · 105 min · Director: Claude Sautet ★ IMDb 7.5 · 11,708 ratings

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Beautiful violin virtuoso Camille has two obsessions: the music of Ravel, and a friend of her husband's who crafts violins. But his heart seems to be as cold as her playing is passionate.

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A Heart in Winter (1992) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Melancholy 35%, Sadness 25%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Melancholy, Sadness, Empathy. Genres: Drama, Romance, Music. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Melancholy, Sadness and Empathy. Its IMDb rating of 7.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 74/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sadness
  • Empathy
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Sadness
Empathy
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.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 63 %, then peaks around 73 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessEmpathyTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity32 %3 %15 %8 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Curiosity34 %9 %16 %14 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Curiosity35 %14 %20 %21 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Curiosity36 %13 %21 %29 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Tension38 %8 %18 %30 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Curiosity35 %4 %15 %21 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Curiosity35 %8 %21 %19 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Curiosity40 %14 %30 %25 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Love43 %14 %30 %28 %
47.5 %≈ 50′Curiosity45 %19 %33 %34 %
52.5 %≈ 55′Empathy49 %29 %40 %41 %
57.5 %≈ 60′Curiosity53 %35 %44 %45 %
62.5 %≈ 66′Tension63 %44 %51 %55 %
67.5 %≈ 71′Tension75 %57 %63 %66 %
72.5 %≈ 76′Sadness80 %69 %70 %70 %
77.5 %≈ 81′Sadness76 %71 %71 %60 %
82.5 %≈ 87′Sadness68 %65 %65 %41 %
87.5 %≈ 92′Sadness66 %63 %61 %38 %
92.5 %≈ 97′Sadness69 %64 %61 %36 %
97.5 %≈ 102′Sadness63 %58 %57 %23 %
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

ÉB
Élisabeth Bourgine

Hélène

BC
Brigitte Catillon

Régine

MG
Maurice Garrel

Lachaume

MB
Myriam Boyer

Madame Amet

JB
Jean-Luc Bideau

Ostende

JB
Jean-Claude Bouillaud

le patron de la brasserie

JF
Jacques Fieschi

un client de la librairie

Dd
Dominique de Williencourt

Christophe

FD
François Domange

JV
Jacques Villa

GB
Galaxie Barbouth

BB
Benoît Bellal

PC
Pierre Cheremetieff

SD
Séverine Debels

Details

Directed by
Claude Sautet
Type
Movies
Released
1992
Runtime
105 min
Country
France
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.5 · 11,708 ratings
Feels mostly
Melancholy
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