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Facing Windows

2003 · 106 min · Director: Ferzan Özpetek ★ IMDb 7.2 · 12,264 ratings

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Giovanna has been married to her devoted husband for nine years. She carries the responsibility for the whole family. The strain of this begins to show when her overly considerate husband adds another burden by bringing home an elderly amnesiac, a man with a painful past.

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Facing Windows (2003) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Melancholy 25%, Love 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, Melancholy, Love. Genres: Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Melancholy and Love. Its IMDb rating of 7.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Tension

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Hope

Empathy
Sadness
Tension
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 peaks around 83 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension38 %22 %13 %35 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Empathy42 %32 %18 %36 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Empathy44 %38 %23 %37 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Tension41 %35 %21 %33 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Empathy38 %33 %18 %29 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Empathy45 %39 %22 %37 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Tension58 %52 %35 %53 %
37.5 %≈ 40′Sadness62 %56 %45 %48 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Love52 %46 %35 %29 %
47.5 %≈ 50′Empathy44 %39 %26 %27 %
52.5 %≈ 56′Sadness54 %48 %41 %39 %
57.5 %≈ 61′Sadness66 %57 %60 %45 %
62.5 %≈ 66′Sadness69 %61 %61 %40 %
67.5 %≈ 72′Empathy68 %56 %47 %37 %
72.5 %≈ 77′Love67 %45 %39 %39 %
77.5 %≈ 82′Love71 %52 %54 %49 %
82.5 %≈ 87′Tension77 %67 %60 %59 %
87.5 %≈ 93′Hope74 %64 %53 %40 %
92.5 %≈ 98′Sadness71 %57 %56 %15 %
97.5 %≈ 103′Love73 %57 %61 %7 %
Cinderella

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

Raoul Bova

Lorenzo

MG
Massimo Girotti

Simone / Davide Veroli

FN
Filippo Nigro

Filippo

SY
Serra Yılmaz

Eminè

BG
Benedetta Gargari

Martina

CD
Carlo Daniele

Marco

MP
Massimo Poggio

Young Davide

RD
Rosaria De Cicco

Barista

IB
Ivan Bacchi

Simone

FI
Flavio Insinna

Uomo forno

EK
Elisabeth Kaza

Sorella di Simone, padrona negozio stoffe

VB
Veronica Bruni

Tintora

OC
Olimpia Carlisi

Donna negozio stoffe

FM
Francesco Martino

Commesso del negozio

TT
Thierno Thiam

Giovanni Battista detto "Giambo"

LD
Lucianna De Falco

Marilena

EG
Enrico Grassi

Vittorio

PL
Patrizia Loreti

Tintora Stiratrice

Details

Directed by
Ferzan Özpetek
Type
Movies
Released
2003
Runtime
106 min
Country
Italy, Turkey, Portugal, United Kingdom
Genres
Drama, Romance
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.2 · 12,264 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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