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Heaven & Earth

1993 · 140 min · Director: Oliver Stone ★ IMDb 6.8 · 16,326 ratings

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The final movie in Oliver Stone's Vietnam trilogy follows the true story of a Vietnamese village girl who survives a life of suffering and hardship during and after the Vietnam war. As a freedom fighter, a hustler, young mother, a sometime prostitute, and the wife of a US. marine, the girl's relationships with men suggests an analogy of Vietnam as Woman and the U.S. as Man.

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Heaven & Earth (1993) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 35%, Empathy 25%, Melancholy 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 Sadness, Empathy, Melancholy. Genres: Drama, Action, Biography. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Melancholy. Its IMDb rating of 6.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Disturbing

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Hope

Empathy
Sadness
Disturbing
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 peaks around 28 %, then peaks around 43 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 4′Empathy50 %43 %37 %15 %
7.5 %≈ 11′Sadness57 %48 %40 %26 %
12.5 %≈ 18′Tension67 %51 %38 %44 %
17.5 %≈ 25′Tension78 %57 %38 %63 %
22.5 %≈ 32′Tension87 %69 %48 %80 %
27.5 %≈ 39′Disturbing87 %76 %60 %83 %
32.5 %≈ 46′Empathy79 %75 %63 %69 %
37.5 %≈ 53′Empathy76 %73 %61 %65 %
42.5 %≈ 60′Disturbing81 %75 %68 %69 %
47.5 %≈ 67′Sadness74 %68 %59 %50 %
52.5 %≈ 74′Hope56 %49 %31 %24 %
57.5 %≈ 81′Hope60 %46 %28 %19 %
62.5 %≈ 88′Hope66 %50 %36 %23 %
67.5 %≈ 95′Empathy61 %48 %36 %32 %
72.5 %≈ 102′Disturbing70 %56 %49 %59 %
77.5 %≈ 109′Disturbing78 %65 %58 %66 %
82.5 %≈ 116′Empathy76 %69 %60 %54 %
87.5 %≈ 123′Sadness80 %76 %71 %50 %
92.5 %≈ 130′Sadness77 %75 %71 %36 %
97.5 %≈ 137′Hope72 %68 %63 %18 %
Oedipus

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

HT
Hiep Thi Le

HT
Hiep Thi Le

Le Ly

HS
Haing S. Ngor

Joan Chen

Mama

VW
Vivian Wu

Madame Lien

Timothy Carhart

Big Mike

LN
Long Nguyen

Anh

TK
Thuan K. Nguyen

Uncle Luc

TL
Thuan Le

Kim

ML
Mai Le Ho

Hai

Dale Dye

Larry

Tim Guinee

Young Sergeant

Michael Paul Chan

Interrogator

LW
Liem Whatley

Viet Cong Captain

LL
Le Ly Hayslip

Jewellery broker

TT
Tai Thai

Jimmy - Age 20

Details

Directed by
Oliver Stone
Written by
Oliver Stone, Le Ly Hayslip, Jay Wurts, James Hayslip
Type
Movies
Released
1993
Runtime
140 min
Country
France, United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.8 · 16,326 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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