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The Air I Breathe

2007 · 95 min · Director: Jieho Lee ★ IMDb 6.7 · 35,653 ratings

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A frustrated and clumsy bank clerk overhears the conversation of three coworkers in the toilet about a fix in a horse race, and bets a large amount. He loses the bet and owes the money to the dangerous and powerful mobster Fingers. A gangster who works for Fingers has the ability of foreseeing pieces of the future; he is assigned to collect money for the boss, with his troublemaker nephew Tony, and is beaten up by a gang. The manager of pop-star Trista loses her contract to Fingers without her agreement and she is threatened by the gangster. A dedicated doctor seeks a blood donor that might have a rare blood type to save the life of his secret and unrequited passion, a beautiful epidemiologist who's married to a friend.

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Emotional fingerprint

The Air I Breathe (2007) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Melancholy 30%, Empathy 25%, Anxiety 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 Melancholy, Empathy, Anxiety. Genres: Thriller, Drama, Crime. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Melancholy, Empathy and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 6.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 69/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Sympathy
  • Relief

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Sympathy
Relief
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. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 18 %, then dips around 38 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSympathyRelief
2.5 %≈ 2′Curiosity42 %20 %17 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Curiosity50 %40 %18 %0 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Tension68 %66 %31 %1 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Tension80 %80 %43 %4 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Tension79 %78 %40 %4 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Tension71 %68 %40 %3 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Tension60 %55 %33 %3 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Curiosity55 %51 %21 %9 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Tension60 %50 %23 %19 %
47.5 %≈ 45′Curiosity59 %41 %26 %15 %
52.5 %≈ 50′Tension59 %48 %39 %5 %
57.5 %≈ 55′Sympathy64 %49 %56 %8 %
62.5 %≈ 59′Sympathy69 %46 %59 %13 %
67.5 %≈ 64′Tension70 %58 %49 %9 %
72.5 %≈ 69′Sadness68 %63 %44 %5 %
77.5 %≈ 74′Tension75 %71 %51 %5 %
82.5 %≈ 78′Tension79 %73 %56 %19 %
87.5 %≈ 83′Relief68 %53 %49 %45 %
92.5 %≈ 88′Relief58 %37 %42 %57 %
97.5 %≈ 93′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Rags to riches

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

Andy Garcia

Fingers

Forest Whitaker

Happiness

Kelly Hu

Jiyoung

EP
Evan Parke

Danny

TN
Taylor Nichols

Sorrow's Father

VR
Victor Rivers

Eddie

CS
Cecilia Suárez

Allison

Jon Bernthal

Interviewer

JF
Josh Flaum

Gina's Assistant

JD
Jason Dolley

Young Pleasure

SP
Sasha Pieterse

Young Sorrow

WM
William Maier

M. Park

LO
Lisa Owen

Nurse

Details

Directed by
Jieho Lee
Written by
Jieho Lee, Bob DeRosa
Type
Movies
Released
2007
Runtime
95 min
Country
United States, Mexico
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.7 · 35,653 ratings
Feels mostly
Melancholy
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