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A Dog's Will

2000 · 104 min · Director: Guel Arraes ★ IMDb 8.6 · 22,271 ratings

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João Grilo and Chicó are two very poor and clever Brazilian Northeasterners who struggle for survival and trick people to get by. After meeting the wealthy Rosinha, both hope to finally strive in life, but their plans are interrupted by the arrival of an outlaw.

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A Dog's Will (2000) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Smile 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Humor
25%Smile
20%Love
  1. Humor35%
  2. Smile25%
  3. Love20%

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The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Smile, Love. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Smile and Love. Its IMDb rating of 8.6/10 suggests a strong audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 75/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Tension
  • Empathy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Relief

Humor
Tension
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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 dips around 3 %, then dips around 33 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorTensionEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor53 %53 %13 %5 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor56 %55 %20 %8 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Humor59 %56 %26 %11 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Humor63 %61 %25 %11 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Humor64 %60 %30 %11 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Tension58 %49 %41 %16 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Humor53 %46 %40 %20 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Humor59 %51 %42 %19 %
42.5 %≈ 44′Tension65 %51 %54 %20 %
47.5 %≈ 49′Humor65 %53 %57 %23 %
52.5 %≈ 55′Tension70 %51 %64 %24 %
57.5 %≈ 60′Tension76 %41 %68 %36 %
62.5 %≈ 65′Sadness77 %38 %63 %46 %
67.5 %≈ 70′Tension72 %43 %63 %36 %
72.5 %≈ 75′Tension72 %38 %60 %41 %
77.5 %≈ 81′Empathy78 %25 %48 %69 %
82.5 %≈ 86′Empathy82 %31 %34 %71 %
87.5 %≈ 91′Relief75 %51 %28 %46 %
92.5 %≈ 96′Humor65 %55 %24 %39 %
97.5 %≈ 101′Empathy60 %48 %15 %50 %
Man in a hole

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

Fernanda Montenegro

Compadecida

RC
Rogério Cardoso

DF
Denise Fraga

Dora

DV
Diogo Vilela

Eurico

LM
Luís Melo

Diabo

VC
Virginia Cavendish

Rosinha

BG
Bruno Garcia

Vicentão

ED
Enrique Diaz

Joaquim Brejeiro

MG
Maurício Gonçalves

Jesus Cristo / Emanuel

AT
Aramis Trindade

Cabo 70

MN
Marco Nanini

Severino de Aracaju

PG
Paulo Goulart

Major Antônio Moraes

LD
Lima Duarte

Bispo

Details

Directed by
Guel Arraes
Written by
Guel Arraes, Adriana Falcão, João Falcão, Ariano Suassuna
Type
Movies
Released
2000
Runtime
104 min
Country
Brazil
Ratings
★ IMDb 8.6 · 22,271 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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