East/West
1999 · 121 min · Director: Régis Wargnier
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
In June 1946, Stalin invites the Russian exiled from the 1917 Revolution to return home. When the ships comes ashore in Odessa, the passengers are divided in two groups and one of them is executed. Among the survivors are Dr. Aleksei Golovin, his French wife Marie and their young son. Marie is accused to be a spy, her French passport is torn up and Aleksei accepts to move to Kyiv with his family to save her. They are sent to a room in a communal house and soon Marie befriends the super, an old woman who speaks French. But she is denounced and killed by the government agents. Marie feels guilty and brings her grandson Sasha Vasilyev, who will be evicted, to live in her room with her family. Marie wants to return to her family in France, but Aleksei explains that they are imprisoned in Russia. Marie tries a contact with the leftist French actress Gabrielle Develay to ask for help to leave the USSR. While Marie gets distant from her husband, she gets closer to Sacha, who is a great swimmer and the only chance to Marie contact her family.
Emotional fingerprint
East/West (1999) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Anxiety 25%, Sadness 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, Anxiety, Sadness. Genres: Drama, History, Adventure. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Anxiety and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 7.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.
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Emotional journey
- Tension
- Empathy
- Relief
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Hope
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Relief
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Tension | Empathy | Relief |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Hope | 55 % | 38 % | 37 % | 10 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 9′ | Tension | 69 % | 59 % | 53 % | 4 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 15′ | Sadness | 71 % | 64 % | 61 % | 0 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 21′ | Tension | 70 % | 66 % | 59 % | 1 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 27′ | Tension | 74 % | 63 % | 63 % | 5 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 33′ | Sadness | 76 % | 43 % | 73 % | 8 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 39′ | Sadness | 75 % | 41 % | 73 % | 5 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 45′ | Tension | 73 % | 60 % | 65 % | 1 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 51′ | Sadness | 70 % | 65 % | 61 % | 1 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 57′ | Sadness | 66 % | 51 % | 57 % | 6 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 64′ | Hope | 69 % | 48 % | 55 % | 14 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 70′ | Tension | 69 % | 55 % | 55 % | 15 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 76′ | Empathy | 66 % | 60 % | 57 % | 8 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 82′ | Tension | 75 % | 73 % | 61 % | 1 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 88′ | Tension | 88 % | 88 % | 69 % | 8 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 94′ | Tension | 91 % | 89 % | 80 % | 24 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 100′ | Sadness | 86 % | 81 % | 77 % | 28 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 106′ | Tension | 84 % | 81 % | 65 % | 18 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 112′ | Tension | 89 % | 75 % | 68 % | 34 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 118′ | Relief | 93 % | 57 % | 78 % | 68 % |
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
Colonel Boyko
Seryozha, à 7 ans
Seryozha, à 14 ans
Nina Fyodorovna
Anastasia Aleksandrovna
Sergei Kozlov
Ambassadeur de France
Fabiani
L'acteur de théatre
Habilleuse
Moyta Petrov
Details
- Directed by
- Régis Wargnier
- Written by
- Rustam Ibragimbekov, Régis Wargnier, Louis Gardel, Sergei Bodrov
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1999
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Country
- Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, France, Spain
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Empathy
- Data updated
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