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Head-On

2004 · 122 min · Director: Fatih Akin ★ IMDb 7.8 · 61,466 ratings

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With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.

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Head-On (2004) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 30%, Love 25%, Anxiety 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 Sadness, Love, Anxiety. Genres: Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Love and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 7.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 74/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sadness
  • Tension
  • Disturbing

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Sadness
Tension
Disturbing
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 evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 33 %, then peaks around 53 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessTensionDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 3′Sadness48 %40 %35 %23 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Sadness53 %39 %41 %34 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Tension53 %34 %45 %36 %
17.5 %≈ 21′Tension46 %23 %40 %25 %
22.5 %≈ 27′Hope40 %15 %31 %14 %
27.5 %≈ 34′Sadness36 %15 %24 %8 %
32.5 %≈ 40′Hope35 %9 %20 %6 %
37.5 %≈ 46′Tension39 %4 %24 %9 %
42.5 %≈ 52′Love46 %9 %33 %11 %
47.5 %≈ 58′Tension57 %18 %49 %28 %
52.5 %≈ 64′Tension71 %36 %64 %51 %
57.5 %≈ 70′Sadness70 %54 %55 %45 %
62.5 %≈ 76′Sadness57 %53 %35 %25 %
67.5 %≈ 82′Sadness63 %46 %44 %40 %
72.5 %≈ 88′Disturbing70 %43 %59 %54 %
77.5 %≈ 95′Sadness57 %38 %46 %28 %
82.5 %≈ 101′Love49 %29 %34 %5 %
87.5 %≈ 107′Hope54 %31 %25 %4 %
92.5 %≈ 113′Sadness60 %48 %15 %7 %
97.5 %≈ 119′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot 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

GK
Güven Kiraç

GK
Güven Kıraç

Şeref

MC
Meltem Cumbul

Selma

CS
Catrin Striebeck

Maren

SG
Stefan Gebelhoff

Nico

AB
Adam Bousdoukos

Barmann

MK
Mehmet Kurtuluş

Barmann Istanbul

DG
Demir Gökgöl

Yunus Güner

CA
Cem Akin

Yılmaz Güner

Aİ
Aysel İşcan

Birsen Güner

OG
Orhan Güner

Bus Driver

HL
Hermann Lause

Dr. Schiller

SE
Selim Erdoğan

Taxi Driver

TS
Tim Seyfi

Bavarian Taxi Driver

İÜ
İdil Üner

Musician

FF
Francesco Fiannaca

Man at the Counter

MM
Mona Mur

Zoe Bar Regular Customer

RM
Ralph Misske

Patient

PB
Philipp Baltus

Patient

Details

Directed by
Fatih Akin
Written by
Fatih Akin
Type
Movies
Released
2004
Runtime
122 min
Country
Germany, Turkey
Genres
Drama, Romance
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.8 · 61,466 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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