A Brand New Life
2009 · 92 min · Director: Lee Jong Eon, Ounie Lecomte
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
Young Jinhee is taken by her father to an orphanage near Seoul. He leaves her there never to return, and she struggles to come to grips with her fate. Jinhee desperately believes her father will come back for her.
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Emotional fingerprint
A Brand New Life (2009) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 35%, Empathy 25%, Melancholy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Sadness35%
- Empathy25%
- Melancholy20%
- Nostalgia10%
- Hope10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Empathy, Melancholy. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Melancholy. 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
- Sadness
- Empathy
- Tension
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Hope
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Sadness | Empathy | Tension |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Empathy | 50 % | 38 % | 50 % | 33 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 12′ | Empathy | 53 % | 40 % | 53 % | 31 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 16′ | Empathy | 62 % | 51 % | 61 % | 38 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 21′ | Sadness | 62 % | 49 % | 56 % | 43 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 25′ | Hope | 47 % | 30 % | 39 % | 33 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 30′ | Empathy | 50 % | 36 % | 46 % | 29 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 35′ | Empathy | 65 % | 55 % | 64 % | 40 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 39′ | Sadness | 68 % | 59 % | 65 % | 42 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 44′ | Sadness | 59 % | 48 % | 55 % | 31 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 48′ | Hope | 55 % | 40 % | 48 % | 38 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 53′ | Sadness | 64 % | 48 % | 54 % | 50 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 58′ | Empathy | 62 % | 45 % | 56 % | 39 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 62′ | Hope | 61 % | 48 % | 56 % | 26 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 67′ | Sadness | 76 % | 71 % | 70 % | 36 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 71′ | Sadness | 86 % | 83 % | 80 % | 49 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 76′ | Sadness | 78 % | 74 % | 75 % | 38 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 81′ | Sadness | 72 % | 68 % | 68 % | 20 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 85′ | Sadness | 73 % | 68 % | 65 % | 15 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 90′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
Icarus
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
Sook-hee
Sister Park
Priest
Ye-shin's Foster Father
Ye-shin's Foster Mother
Seong-su
Mi-seong
Restaurant Owner
Details
- Directed by
- Lee Jong Eon, Ounie Lecomte
- Written by
- Lee Chang-dong, Ounie Lecomte, Lee Changdong, Lee Jung-Hwa
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2009
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Country
- France, South Korea
- Genres
- Drama
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Sadness
- Data updated
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