Mrs Dalloway
1997 · 97 min · Director: Marleen Gorris
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
London, summer 1923. Clarissa (Vanessa Redgrave), Member of Parliament Richard Dalloway's (Sir John Standing's) wife, sets out on a beautiful morning; she's shopping for flowers for her party that evening. At the same time Septimus Warren Smith (Rupert Graves), a young man who survived the battlefields of Europe, is suffering from a nightmarish delayed on-set form of shell shock. Clarissa's nearly-grown daughter is distant, and preoccupied. In the course of one day, Peter (Michael Kitchen), Clarissa's passionate old suitor, returns from India and is invited to her party, Septimus commits suicide, Clarissa relives a day in her youth (and her reasons for her choice of a life with the reliable Richard Dalloway).
Emotional fingerprint
Mrs Dalloway (1997) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Melancholy 30%, Empathy 25%, Nostalgia 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Melancholy30%
- Empathy25%
- Nostalgia20%
- Sadness15%
- Awe10%
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The strongest emotional signals are Melancholy, Empathy, Nostalgia. Genres: Drama, Romance. AI estimate.
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Consider this title if you are looking for Melancholy, Empathy and Nostalgia. Its IMDb rating of 6.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 67/100.
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Emotional journey
- Sadness
- Empathy
- Nostalgia
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Nostalgia
Dominant emotion: Love
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Sadness | Empathy | Nostalgia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Tension | 45 % | 23 % | 27 % | 17 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Empathy | 50 % | 28 % | 35 % | 20 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 12′ | Tension | 63 % | 38 % | 45 % | 30 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 17′ | Nostalgia | 61 % | 38 % | 43 % | 43 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 22′ | Love | 55 % | 33 % | 40 % | 48 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 27′ | Nostalgia | 53 % | 33 % | 40 % | 46 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 32′ | Nostalgia | 55 % | 35 % | 41 % | 40 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 36′ | Tension | 66 % | 45 % | 56 % | 30 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 41′ | Empathy | 71 % | 54 % | 68 % | 20 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 46′ | Empathy | 62 % | 44 % | 55 % | 16 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 51′ | Love | 49 % | 26 % | 36 % | 20 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 56′ | Empathy | 51 % | 30 % | 43 % | 19 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 61′ | Empathy | 71 % | 54 % | 65 % | 19 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 65′ | Sadness | 76 % | 60 % | 68 % | 24 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 70′ | Tension | 64 % | 39 % | 48 % | 32 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 75′ | Nostalgia | 66 % | 40 % | 45 % | 41 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 80′ | Sadness | 79 % | 64 % | 64 % | 45 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 85′ | Nostalgia | 75 % | 59 % | 60 % | 55 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 90′ | Love | 63 % | 38 % | 42 % | 58 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 95′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
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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
Lady Rosseter
Young Hugh
Elizabeth Dalloway
Lucy
Aunt Helena
Details
- Directed by
- Marleen Gorris
- Written by
- Virginia Woolf, Eileen Atkins, Eileen Atkins
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1997
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Country
- Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Melancholy
- Data updated
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