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The Mad Women's Ball

2021 · 122 min · Director: Mélanie Laurent ★ IMDb 6.7 · 5,297 ratings

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The story of Eugenie, a luminous and passionate young girl at the end of the 19th century. Eugenie has a unique gift: she hears and sees the dead. When her family discovers her secret, she is taken by her father and brother to the neurological clinic at La Pitié Salpêtrière with no possibility of escaping her fate. A clinic, run by the eminent Professor Charcot.

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The Mad Women's Ball (2021) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Sadness 25%, Fear 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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  1. Fear20%
  2. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Sadness, Fear. Genres: Thriller, Drama. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Sadness and Fear. Its IMDb rating of 6.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 68/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sympathy
  • Tension
  • Disturbing

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sadness

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Tension
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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 rises around 18 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySympathyTensionDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension35 %20 %27 %7 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Hope35 %20 %23 %5 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Hope40 %26 %28 %13 %
17.5 %≈ 21′Sympathy59 %49 %51 %38 %
22.5 %≈ 27′Sympathy73 %66 %65 %58 %
27.5 %≈ 34′Sympathy65 %59 %53 %54 %
32.5 %≈ 40′Disturbing60 %50 %46 %54 %
37.5 %≈ 46′Disturbing69 %56 %59 %66 %
42.5 %≈ 52′Disturbing73 %64 %63 %68 %
47.5 %≈ 58′Sympathy61 %56 %45 %46 %
52.5 %≈ 64′Sympathy56 %50 %40 %26 %
57.5 %≈ 70′Sympathy70 %64 %61 %41 %
62.5 %≈ 76′Disturbing81 %76 %75 %70 %
67.5 %≈ 82′Sympathy80 %76 %71 %75 %
72.5 %≈ 88′Sympathy80 %77 %60 %56 %
77.5 %≈ 95′Sadness76 %73 %45 %36 %
82.5 %≈ 101′Sympathy70 %63 %49 %46 %
87.5 %≈ 107′Disturbing80 %70 %71 %71 %
92.5 %≈ 113′Sympathy92 %83 %83 %80 %
97.5 %≈ 119′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot 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

BV
Benjamin Voisin

Théophile Cléry

CK
Cédric Kahn

François Cléry

Ld
Lomane de Dietrich

Louise

CR
Coralie Russier

Camille

AB
Alice Barnole

Henriette

LT
Lauréna Thellier

Marguerite

MS
Martine Schambacher

Thérèse

MC
Martine Chevallier

Grand-mère Cléry

VS
Valérie Stroh

Mère Cléry

André Marcon

Docteur Gleizes

GB
Grégoire Bonnet

Docteur Charcot

PD
Pierre-Antoine Deborde

Docteur de la Tourette

MP
Morgan Perez

Docteur Babinsky

PR
Pierre Renverseau

Médecin gynécologue

LB
Laura Balasuriya

Marie, infirmière

CD
César Domboy

Ernest

Details

Directed by
Mélanie Laurent
Written by
Mélanie Laurent, Christophe Deslandes, Julien Decoin, Victoria Mas
Type
Movies
Released
2021
Runtime
122 min
Country
France
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.7 · 5,297 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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