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The History of Love

2016 · 134 min · Director: Radu Mihaileanu ★ IMDb 6.3 · 1,645 ratings

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The story of a long-lost book that mysteriously reappears and connects an old man searching for his son with a girl seeking a cure for her mother's loneliness.

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The History of Love (2016) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Love 30%, Melancholy 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love30%
  2. Hope10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Love, Melancholy, Sadness. Genres: Drama, Romance, War. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Love, Melancholy and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 6.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 65/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sadness
  • Love
  • Hope

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Sadness
Love
Hope
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 33 %, then rises around 43 %, then peaks around 73 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessLoveHope
2.5 %≈ 3′Love47 %32 %40 %13 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Humor43 %25 %33 %15 %
12.5 %≈ 17′Curiosity41 %21 %29 %21 %
17.5 %≈ 23′Love41 %23 %25 %21 %
22.5 %≈ 30′Humor40 %21 %16 %15 %
27.5 %≈ 37′Curiosity40 %20 %18 %18 %
32.5 %≈ 44′Hope39 %20 %23 %24 %
37.5 %≈ 50′Humor43 %24 %29 %25 %
42.5 %≈ 57′Love59 %36 %50 %30 %
47.5 %≈ 64′Love76 %57 %66 %29 %
52.5 %≈ 70′Sadness74 %65 %56 %18 %
57.5 %≈ 77′Sadness59 %43 %35 %24 %
62.5 %≈ 84′Hope60 %34 %35 %34 %
67.5 %≈ 90′Love75 %60 %57 %25 %
72.5 %≈ 97′Sadness80 %76 %59 %18 %
77.5 %≈ 104′Sadness70 %68 %40 %16 %
82.5 %≈ 111′Sadness65 %61 %38 %19 %
87.5 %≈ 117′Sadness70 %56 %45 %35 %
92.5 %≈ 124′Hope71 %48 %49 %51 %
97.5 %≈ 131′Sadness72 %52 %52 %52 %

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Cast

Derek Jacobi

Leopold Gursky

Sophie Nélisse

Alma Singer

Gemma Arterton

Alma Mereminski

Elliott Gould

Bruno Leibovitch

TH
Torri Higginson

Charlotte Singer

MR
Mark Rendall

Young Leopold Gursky

CU
Corneliu Ulici

Young Bruno Leibovitch

WA
William Ainscough

Bird Singer

AO
Alex Ozerov-Meyer

Misha Strumann

JB
Jamie Bloch

Zoey Schwartz

CM
Claudiu Maier

Zvi Litvinoff

JB
Julian Bailey

Jeff

IF
Ines Feghouli Bozon

Little Girl #1

MF
Maverick Fortin

Little Boy

LM
Lynn Marocola

Ferry Person (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Radu Mihaileanu
Written by
Radu Mihaileanu, Marcia Romano, Nicole Krauss
Type
Movies
Released
2016
Runtime
134 min
Country
France, Belgium, Canada, Romania
Genres
Drama, Romance, War
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.3 · 1,645 ratings
Feels mostly
Love
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