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A Christmas Tale

2005 · 75 min · Director: Paco Plaza ★ IMDb 6.1 · 1,933 ratings

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In 1985, in a coastal town, the friends Koldo, Peti, Tito, Eugenio and Moni stumble with a woman dressed like Santa Claus trapped in a hole in the woods. While to boys go to the police station to ask for help, the others find a rope to take the woman out of the hole. However, the boys find in the police station that the woman is the dangerous thief Rebeca Expósito, who has just stolen two million pesetas from a bank and is wanted. The group decides to leave the woman in the hole without any food to force her to give the robbed money to them. Meanwhile, Peti and Eugenio that are fans of the movie "Zombie Invasion", decide to make a voodoo ceremony with Rebecca to transform her into a zombie. When Rebecca escapes from her imprisonment, she uses an axe to chase the evil boys.

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A Christmas Tale (2005) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 28%, Fear 25%, Disturbing 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

28%Humor
25%Fear
  1. Humor28%
  2. Fear25%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Fear, Disturbing. Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Fear and Disturbing. Its IMDb rating of 6.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 63/100.

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Emotional journey

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Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 8 %, then rises around 43 %, then peaks around 68 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionFearDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor40 %23 %15 %20 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Humor36 %21 %9 %10 %
12.5 %≈ 9′Humor40 %21 %5 %10 %
17.5 %≈ 13′Humor44 %24 %5 %16 %
22.5 %≈ 17′Humor45 %31 %8 %25 %
27.5 %≈ 21′Disturbing49 %38 %10 %32 %
32.5 %≈ 24′Humor49 %33 %8 %26 %
37.5 %≈ 28′Sympathy50 %31 %11 %28 %
42.5 %≈ 32′Disturbing57 %44 %23 %46 %
47.5 %≈ 36′Disturbing69 %59 %29 %64 %
52.5 %≈ 39′Disturbing73 %65 %36 %65 %
57.5 %≈ 43′Tension71 %69 %53 %53 %
62.5 %≈ 47′Tension78 %78 %70 %46 %
67.5 %≈ 51′Tension83 %83 %78 %50 %
72.5 %≈ 54′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
77.5 %≈ 58′Tension82 %75 %67 %55 %
82.5 %≈ 62′Humor75 %65 %55 %51 %
87.5 %≈ 66′Tension75 %68 %60 %52 %
92.5 %≈ 69′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
97.5 %≈ 73′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence

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Cast

MV
Maru Valdivielso

MV
Maru Valdivielso

Rebeca Expósito

CC
Christian Casas

RB
Roger Babià

PP
Pau Poch

Tito

DC
Daniel Casadellà

Eugenio

JT
José Torija

Charles

L
Loquillo

Taylor

S
Saurí

Gourmet Policeman

NM
Nacho Moliné

Anchorman

AD
Antonio Duque

Nets

LC
La China

Yin Yul

Details

Directed by
Paco Plaza
Written by
Luiso Berdejo
Type
Movies
Released
2005
Runtime
75 min
Country
Spain
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.1 · 1,933 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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