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Beijing Bicycle

2001 · 113 min · Director: Xiaoshuai Wang, Wang Xiaoshuai ★ IMDb 7.2 · 4,946 ratings

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A seventeen-year-old country boy working in Beijing as a courier has his bicycle stolen, and finds it with a schoolboy his age.

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Beijing Bicycle (2001) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Sadness 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Hope10%

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Why it feels this way

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

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

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Empathy
Tension
Sadness
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 evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 63 %, then dips around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathyTensionSadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Hope37 %27 %8 %5 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Hope39 %30 %10 %6 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Hope41 %35 %21 %10 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Empathy50 %46 %36 %25 %
22.5 %≈ 25′Empathy57 %54 %38 %36 %
27.5 %≈ 31′Hope55 %50 %28 %31 %
32.5 %≈ 37′Empathy55 %51 %29 %35 %
37.5 %≈ 42′Empathy59 %54 %45 %39 %
42.5 %≈ 48′Tension60 %54 %55 %34 %
47.5 %≈ 54′Empathy57 %55 %44 %35 %
52.5 %≈ 59′Empathy58 %50 %38 %34 %
57.5 %≈ 65′Tension64 %48 %54 %33 %
62.5 %≈ 71′Empathy70 %56 %68 %40 %
67.5 %≈ 76′Tension68 %59 %65 %39 %
72.5 %≈ 82′Empathy54 %48 %44 %25 %
77.5 %≈ 88′Curiosity43 %38 %19 %21 %
82.5 %≈ 93′Sadness40 %37 %10 %30 %
87.5 %≈ 99′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
92.5 %≈ 105′Tension90 %85 %90 %75 %
97.5 %≈ 110′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

LC
Lin Cui

CL
Cui Lin

Guo Liangui

LB
Li Bin

Jian

BL
Bin Li

GY
Gao Yuanyuan

Xiao

ZY
Zhao Yiwei

Father

PY
Pang Yan

Mother

ZF
Zhou Fangfei

Rongrong

XJ
Xie Jian

Manager

MY
Ma Yuhong

Accountant

LG
Liu Guancheng

Mantis

LM
Li Mengnan

Qiu Sheng

Details

Directed by
Xiaoshuai Wang, Wang Xiaoshuai
Written by
Peggy Chiao, Hsiao-Ming Hsu, Danian Tang, Hsu Hsiao-Ming, Tang Danian
Type
Movies
Released
2001
Runtime
113 min
Country
France, Taiwan, China
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.2 · 4,946 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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