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Welcome to Sarajevo

1997 · 103 min · Director: Michael Winterbottom ★ IMDb 6.7 · 8,204 ratings

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American and British journalists Flynn and Michael Henderson, along with their respective news teams, meet at the beginning of the Bosnian war in Sarajevo. During their reports, the group find an orphanage run by the devoted Mrs. Savic near the frontline. Feeling sympathy, Henderson decides to take one of the children, Emira, illegally back to England.

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Welcome to Sarajevo (1997) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 35%, Empathy 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Empathy, Tension. Genres: Drama, War. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Tension. Its IMDb rating of 6.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Tension

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Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Hope

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Sadness
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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 peaks around 28 %, then peaks around 88 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Sadness72 %37 %43 %68 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Tension70 %24 %23 %68 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Tension60 %14 %13 %54 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Humor60 %31 %34 %44 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Sadness78 %66 %68 %49 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Sadness85 %81 %78 %50 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Empathy78 %74 %65 %50 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Sadness68 %59 %51 %50 %
42.5 %≈ 44′Sadness65 %55 %45 %45 %
47.5 %≈ 49′Empathy74 %65 %49 %53 %
52.5 %≈ 54′Tension78 %64 %44 %60 %
57.5 %≈ 59′Hope77 %61 %38 %60 %
62.5 %≈ 64′Tension81 %68 %41 %59 %
67.5 %≈ 70′Hope76 %66 %36 %48 %
72.5 %≈ 75′Empathy70 %64 %40 %50 %
77.5 %≈ 80′Sadness71 %56 %46 %63 %
82.5 %≈ 85′Tension76 %53 %46 %64 %
87.5 %≈ 90′Empathy83 %71 %60 %54 %
92.5 %≈ 95′Empathy74 %70 %57 %34 %
97.5 %≈ 100′Hope55 %45 %38 %18 %
Rags to riches

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

Goran Visnjic

Risto Bavić

EN
Emira Nušević

Emira

Kerry Fox

Jane Carson

EL
Emily Lloyd

Annie McGee

ID
Igor Džambazov

Jacket

GG
Gordana Gadžić

Mrs. Savić

JA
Juliet Aubrey

Helen Henderson

DŠ
Dražen Šivak

Željko

VO
Vesna Orel

Munira

DJ
Davor Janjić

Dragan

VJ
Vladimir Jokanović

Emira's Uncle

PK
Peter Kelly

UN VIP

FD
Frank Dillane

Christopher Henderson

Details

Written by
Michael Nicholson, Frank Cottrell Boyce
Type
Movies
Released
1997
Runtime
103 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Genres
Drama, War
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.7 · 8,204 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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