Summer Palace
2006 · 135 min · Director: Ye Lou, Lou Ye
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
Country girl Yu Hong leaves her village, her family and her lover to study in Beijing. At university, she discovers an intense world of sexual freedom and forbidden pleasure. Enraptured, compulsive, she falls madly in love with fellow student Zhou Wei. Driven by obsessive passions they can neither understand nor control, their relationship becomes one of dangerous games - betrayals, recriminations, provocations - as all around them, their fellow students begin to demonstrate, demanding democracy and freedom. Protests collapse, and Yu and Zhou lose each other amidst the social chaos and panicked crowds. Zhou Wei is sent to a summer military camp, and on his release moves to Berlin, fleeing both his country and memories of Yu. She finds a job, a lover, but can not forget Zhou. In Germany, social unrest is mounting: calls for freedom, demonstrations for democracy. A familiar story for Zhou. Weary, still haunted by Yu, he returns to China as the Berlin Wall crashes down. He finds her at last, in a small town. From evening to dawn, their future stretches before them, two changed souls in a changed world.
Emotional fingerprint
Summer Palace (2006) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Melancholy 30%, Love 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Melancholy30%
- Love25%
- Sadness20%
- Anxiety15%
- Tension10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Melancholy, Love, Sadness. Genres: Drama, Romance, History. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Melancholy, Love and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 7.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.
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Emotional journey
- Melancholy
- Sadness
- Tension
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Hope
Dominant emotion: Love
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Melancholy
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Melancholy | Sadness | Tension |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Hope | 45 % | 5 % | 0 % | 5 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 10′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 17′ | Hope | 37 % | 13 % | 10 % | 12 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 24′ | Love | 55 % | 20 % | 16 % | 24 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 30′ | Love | 65 % | 25 % | 25 % | 43 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 37′ | Tension | 64 % | 29 % | 36 % | 54 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 44′ | Sadness | 68 % | 40 % | 50 % | 60 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 51′ | Melancholy | 69 % | 48 % | 53 % | 61 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 57′ | Sadness | 75 % | 38 % | 49 % | 69 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 64′ | Tension | 84 % | 29 % | 51 % | 76 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 71′ | Sadness | 78 % | 41 % | 54 % | 59 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 78′ | Melancholy | 66 % | 56 % | 46 % | 36 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 84′ | Melancholy | 64 % | 59 % | 46 % | 34 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 91′ | Sadness | 66 % | 55 % | 53 % | 40 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 98′ | Love | 70 % | 59 % | 54 % | 38 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 105′ | Melancholy | 74 % | 69 % | 60 % | 25 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 111′ | Melancholy | 68 % | 65 % | 56 % | 18 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 118′ | Melancholy | 55 % | 53 % | 38 % | 23 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 125′ | Melancholy | 52 % | 48 % | 28 % | 30 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 132′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
Man in a hole
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
Yu Hong
Li Ti
Ruo Gu
Xiao Jun
Wang Bo
Thomas
Woman
Details
- Directed by
- Ye Lou, Lou Ye
- Written by
- Ye Lou, Yingli Ma, Feng Mei, Lou Ye, Ma Yingli, Mei Feng
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2006
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Country
- China, France
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Melancholy
- Data updated
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