Youth Without Youth
2007 · 125 min · Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
Christmas Eve, 1937, Piatra Neamt, Romania: Dominic Matei, a 70-year-old professor, contemplates suicide. The love of his life is dead, and he remains unable to complete his life's work on the origins of language. On April 24th 1938, Easter Sunday, he takes a train to Bucharest to kill himself, but suddenly he's struck by lightning. After a slow recovery, he miraculously grows younger and gains superhuman powers. WWII breaks out and Romania's fascist dictator Ion Antonescu cooperates with Adolf Hitler. Matei must escape to Switzerland, because Nazi scientists want to use his powers...Some years later, he meets a woman who has her own passage through a lightning storm. Not only does Dominic find love again, but her new abilities hold the key to his research...Coppola's adaptation of Mircea Eliade's surreal novella is a mysterious, romantic, melancholic and humorous journey to the outer limits of space, time and identity. Dreams become reality and reality feels like a dream...
Emotional fingerprint
Youth Without Youth (2007) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Confusion 30%, Melancholy 25%, Curiosity 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Confusion30%
- Melancholy25%
- Curiosity20%
- Anxiety15%
- Awe10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Confusion, Melancholy, Curiosity. Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery. AI estimate.
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Consider this title if you are looking for Confusion, Melancholy and Curiosity. 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
- Curiosity
- Tension
- Sadness
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Curiosity
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Love
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Curiosity | Tension | Sadness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Sadness | 72 % | 35 % | 35 % | 60 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 9′ | Curiosity | 67 % | 54 % | 39 % | 43 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 16′ | Curiosity | 63 % | 64 % | 32 % | 35 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 22′ | Curiosity | 61 % | 63 % | 23 % | 35 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 28′ | Curiosity | 63 % | 65 % | 31 % | 24 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 34′ | Curiosity | 67 % | 66 % | 53 % | 13 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 41′ | Tension | 70 % | 59 % | 68 % | 16 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 47′ | Tension | 76 % | 48 % | 76 % | 25 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 53′ | Tension | 80 % | 43 % | 81 % | 25 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 59′ | Tension | 78 % | 50 % | 74 % | 24 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 66′ | Curiosity | 71 % | 66 % | 48 % | 21 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 72′ | Curiosity | 68 % | 75 % | 33 % | 13 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 78′ | Curiosity | 67 % | 69 % | 39 % | 10 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 84′ | Love | 66 % | 59 % | 40 % | 14 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 91′ | Love | 72 % | 51 % | 49 % | 20 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 97′ | Tension | 76 % | 50 % | 66 % | 31 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 103′ | Tension | 79 % | 49 % | 65 % | 51 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 109′ | Sadness | 81 % | 43 % | 54 % | 68 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 116′ | Sadness | 72 % | 50 % | 45 % | 61 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 122′ | Curiosity | 65 % | 62 % | 35 % | 53 % |
Oedipus
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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Details
- Directed by
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Written by
- Francis Ford Coppola, Mircea Eliade
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2007
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Country
- United States, Romania, France, Italy, Germany
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Confusion
- Data updated
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