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My Brother's Wife

2005 · 89 min · Director: Ricardo de Montreuil ★ IMDb 5.9 · 3,738 ratings

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Even though Zoe/Sonia has been married to Ignacio/Ishan for about a decade, they are unable to have children. She wants to be intimate but he prefers to be ready for intimacy on Saturdays only, and she gets physically drawn to his artistic brother, Gonzalo/Rohan. Then things get complicated for her after she tests positive for motherhood and finds that her husband may be gay.

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My Brother's Wife (2005) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Melancholy 30%, Love 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love25%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Melancholy, Love, Anxiety. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Melancholy, Love and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 5.9/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 61/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Empathy
  • Tension
  • Love

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Relief

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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 68 %, then peaks around 78 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathyTensionLove
2.5 %≈ 2′Tension27 %18 %20 %12 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Sadness33 %26 %25 %14 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Empathy40 %34 %35 %14 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Tension44 %33 %43 %14 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Tension45 %31 %43 %16 %
27.5 %≈ 24′Empathy44 %33 %39 %20 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Tension48 %34 %44 %29 %
37.5 %≈ 33′Tension53 %34 %48 %33 %
42.5 %≈ 38′Tension51 %34 %44 %26 %
47.5 %≈ 42′Tension49 %36 %43 %25 %
52.5 %≈ 47′Love45 %34 %40 %29 %
57.5 %≈ 51′Love46 %30 %43 %25 %
62.5 %≈ 56′Tension50 %30 %49 %15 %
67.5 %≈ 60′Tension59 %39 %58 %8 %
72.5 %≈ 65′Tension73 %56 %68 %13 %
77.5 %≈ 69′Empathy75 %68 %68 %21 %
82.5 %≈ 73′Empathy73 %70 %66 %15 %
87.5 %≈ 78′Empathy71 %69 %55 %23 %
92.5 %≈ 82′Relief70 %63 %33 %50 %
97.5 %≈ 87′Relief68 %53 %22 %62 %
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

MC
Manolo Cardona

Gonzalo

GE
Gaby Espino

Laura

BC
Beto Cuevas

Padre Santiago

BB
Bruno Bichir

Boris

AA
Angélica Aragón

Cristina

Details

Directed by
Ricardo de Montreuil
Written by
María Eugenia Argomedo, Jaime Bayly, Nestor Garrido
Type
Movies
Released
2005
Runtime
89 min
Country
Mexico
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.9 · 3,738 ratings
Feels mostly
Melancholy
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