A Summer in Genoa
2008 · 94 min · Director: Michael Winterbottom
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
How do children respond to tragedy? On an icy road near Chicago, Marianne dies in a crash, leaving Joe and their daughters, Kelly, about 16, and Mary, about 9. That summer, a friend from Joe's graduate student days, 20 years before, arranges a teaching job for him in Genoa. When they arrive in June, Joe starts teaching and the girls have the summer before school starts: Kelly quickly falls in with youths her age; their club and beach life leads to sexual awakening. Mary, burdened by guilt for her mother's death, is solitary. The girls take piano lessons, Mary draws, and she also sees and talks to her mother. Joe asks them, "Are you okay?", but is that enough?
Emotional fingerprint
A Summer in Genoa (2008) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Melancholy 30%, Empathy 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Melancholy30%
- Empathy25%
- Love20%
- Nostalgia15%
- Sadness10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Melancholy, Empathy, Love. Genres: Drama, Romance, Mystery. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Melancholy, Empathy and Love. Its IMDb rating of 6.0/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 62/100.
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Emotional journey
- Empathy
- Sadness
- Tension
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Joy
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Relief
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Empathy | Sadness | Tension |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Sadness | 72 % | 63 % | 67 % | 51 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Sadness | 51 % | 46 % | 43 % | 30 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 12′ | Joy | 43 % | 38 % | 32 % | 17 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 16′ | Sadness | 48 % | 41 % | 35 % | 20 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 21′ | Joy | 42 % | 31 % | 25 % | 21 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 26′ | Joy | 37 % | 26 % | 18 % | 23 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 31′ | Tension | 39 % | 29 % | 21 % | 27 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 35′ | Sadness | 40 % | 28 % | 21 % | 24 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 40′ | Joy | 48 % | 34 % | 26 % | 26 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 45′ | Empathy | 68 % | 55 % | 38 % | 48 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 49′ | Tension | 74 % | 60 % | 35 % | 62 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 54′ | Empathy | 56 % | 46 % | 29 % | 46 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 59′ | Joy | 49 % | 42 % | 33 % | 38 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 63′ | Empathy | 58 % | 48 % | 41 % | 48 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 68′ | Tension | 56 % | 44 % | 38 % | 48 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 73′ | Joy | 57 % | 47 % | 41 % | 42 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 78′ | Sadness | 73 % | 67 % | 63 % | 52 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 82′ | Sadness | 82 % | 73 % | 62 % | 68 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 87′ | Relief | 83 % | 69 % | 45 % | 77 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 92′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
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
Lorenzo
Rosa
Details
- Directed by
- Michael Winterbottom
- Written by
- Michael Winterbottom, Laurence Coriat
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2008
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Country
- United Kingdom, Sweden, Cayman Islands
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Melancholy
- Data updated
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