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Lost Illusions

2021 · 149 min · Director: Xavier Giannoli ★ IMDb 7.4 · 7,940 ratings

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Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, he learns the dark side of the arts business as he tries to stay true to his dreams.

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Lost Illusions (2021) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 30%, Empathy 25%, Tension 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 Sadness, Empathy, Tension. Genres: Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Tension. Its IMDb rating of 7.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sadness
  • Tension
  • Curiosity

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Sadness
Tension
Curiosity
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.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 83 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessTensionCuriosity
2.5 %≈ 4′Curiosity45 %17 %17 %37 %
7.5 %≈ 11′Love49 %18 %31 %35 %
12.5 %≈ 19′Curiosity49 %21 %41 %35 %
17.5 %≈ 26′Tension49 %24 %38 %39 %
22.5 %≈ 34′Curiosity51 %18 %28 %48 %
27.5 %≈ 41′Curiosity54 %13 %28 %51 %
32.5 %≈ 48′Curiosity56 %9 %28 %44 %
37.5 %≈ 56′Humor56 %4 %18 %33 %
42.5 %≈ 63′Love54 %5 %18 %30 %
47.5 %≈ 71′Humor56 %19 %26 %29 %
52.5 %≈ 78′Sadness60 %34 %34 %26 %
57.5 %≈ 86′Humor59 %26 %35 %33 %
62.5 %≈ 93′Humor56 %16 %33 %38 %
67.5 %≈ 101′Love53 %23 %38 %35 %
72.5 %≈ 108′Tension51 %25 %45 %31 %
77.5 %≈ 115′Tension56 %24 %51 %32 %
82.5 %≈ 123′Tension65 %29 %61 %34 %
87.5 %≈ 130′Tension75 %44 %73 %27 %
92.5 %≈ 138′Sadness83 %68 %68 %18 %
97.5 %≈ 145′Sadness85 %82 %50 %12 %
Riches to rags

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

XD
Xavier Dolan

Nathan d'Anastazio

SD
Salomé Dewaels

Coralie

JB
Jeanne Balibar

Marquise d'Espard

André Marcon

Baron du Châtelet

AB
Alexis Barbosa

Nobleman

Ad
Arnaud de Montlivault

The Pathetic Customer

SA
Saïd Amadis

Matifat

ÉM
Édouard Michelon

Henri de Marsay

RM
Raphael Magnabosco

Antiochus

MB
Maryne Bertieaux

Ève

MC
Michèle Clément

Bourgeoise

MC
Manon Crépel

A Passerby

AT
Arnaud Toussaint

A Passerby

TF
Thibault Fraisse

Nobleman at Cafe

Details

Directed by
Xavier Giannoli
Written by
Jacques Fieschi, Honoré de Balzac, Xavier Giannoli, Yves Stavrides
Type
Movies
Released
2021
Runtime
149 min
Country
France, Belgium
Genres
Drama, Romance
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.4 · 7,940 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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