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Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud

1995 · 106 min · Director: Claude Sautet ★ IMDb 7.2 · 5,509 ratings

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When Nelly, a woman being just divorced, meets by chance M. Arnaud, a mature salesman just retired, begins a strange and special relationship between the two personalities.

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Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud (1995) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Love 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 Empathy, Love, Melancholy. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Love and Melancholy. Its IMDb rating of 7.2/10 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
  • Melancholy
  • Empathy
  • Curiosity

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Melancholy

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Melancholy
Empathy
Curiosity
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 dips around 23 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityMelancholyEmpathyCuriosity
2.5 %≈ 3′Melancholy33 %21 %27 %26 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Curiosity38 %22 %29 %34 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Melancholy41 %26 %30 %37 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Curiosity34 %21 %23 %33 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Curiosity29 %18 %17 %30 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Curiosity31 %18 %19 %29 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Tension37 %19 %25 %29 %
37.5 %≈ 40′Melancholy40 %23 %30 %33 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Curiosity41 %22 %28 %37 %
47.5 %≈ 50′Curiosity42 %22 %28 %37 %
52.5 %≈ 56′Curiosity46 %24 %32 %33 %
57.5 %≈ 61′Tension51 %31 %39 %26 %
62.5 %≈ 66′Melancholy46 %36 %40 %24 %
67.5 %≈ 72′Melancholy42 %34 %34 %30 %
72.5 %≈ 77′Curiosity46 %35 %32 %36 %
77.5 %≈ 82′Melancholy51 %42 %42 %32 %
82.5 %≈ 87′Melancholy51 %44 %47 %27 %
87.5 %≈ 93′Melancholy48 %44 %43 %27 %
92.5 %≈ 98′Melancholy51 %49 %43 %28 %
97.5 %≈ 103′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

CN
Claire Nadeau

Jacqueline

FB
Françoise Brion

Lucie

Michael Lonsdale

Dollabella

Charles Berling

Jérôme

Jean-Hugues Anglade

Vincent Granec

JL
Jean-Pierre Lorit

Christophe

MA
Michel Albertini

Taieb

CZ
Coraly Zahonero

Marianne

GD
Graziella Delerm

Laurence

OP
Olivier Pajot

Jean-Marc

AC
Alexandre Chappuis

Luc

JV
Judith Vittet

Bénédicte

KF
Karine Foviau

Sandrine

LC
Laure Chamay

Girl in the Bistro

SJ
Sylvie Jobert

Valérie

JS
Janine Souchon

Maria

MV
Mathilde Vitry

The Judge

Details

Directed by
Claude Sautet
Written by
Jacques Fieschi, Claude Sautet, Yves Ulmann
Type
Movies
Released
1995
Runtime
106 min
Country
France, Italy, Germany
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.2 · 5,509 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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