feeldb

Deception

2021 · 105 min · Director: Arnaud Desplechin ★ IMDb 5.5 · 2,073 ratings

Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)

An American novelist living for a time in London converses with his wife, his mistress, and other female characters he may have dreamed up.

Ask Kadri

Trailer for Deception

Playing the trailer connects to YouTube. No connection is made until you choose to play.

Rate how it felt
Working…

Your viewing check-in

Emotional fingerprint

Deception (2021) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Confusion 30%, Anxiety 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love20%

AI estimate · no viewer votes yet

How we measure

AI estimate

Share of emotional signal, not the percentage of people or a probability of enjoyment.

Each viewer contributes one response, split equally across their selected emotions. When available, an automated estimate supplies a prior that is blended with those responses. Counts include distinct viewers, not automated estimates or archived anonymous votes. Fewer than 3 viewers is an early estimate; more responses do not guarantee certainty.

Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Confusion, Anxiety, Love. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Confusion, Anxiety and Love. Its IMDb rating of 5.5/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 60/100.

How did it make you feel?

Votes are saved to the fingerprint once you’re signed in.

Pick up to three · 0/3

1
2
3

Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Sadness
  • Empathy
  • Tension

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Sadness
Empathy
Tension
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
Ending hidden

Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 63 %, then dips around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessEmpathyTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Love32 %13 %18 %18 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Love36 %18 %21 %24 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Sadness40 %23 %26 %25 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Humor45 %26 %34 %25 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Empathy55 %39 %48 %33 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Sadness56 %40 %46 %38 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Tension51 %29 %34 %36 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Love53 %25 %30 %39 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Tension56 %24 %33 %39 %
47.5 %≈ 50′Empathy55 %24 %38 %33 %
52.5 %≈ 55′Tension56 %35 %45 %34 %
57.5 %≈ 60′Sadness65 %53 %57 %38 %
62.5 %≈ 66′Empathy66 %48 %55 %41 %
67.5 %≈ 71′Tension55 %26 %36 %41 %
72.5 %≈ 76′Humor44 %21 %29 %31 %
77.5 %≈ 81′Sadness46 %28 %32 %34 %
82.5 %≈ 87′Tension55 %26 %34 %49 %
87.5 %≈ 92′Tension54 %25 %33 %46 %
92.5 %≈ 97′Love50 %32 %35 %35 %
97.5 %≈ 102′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.

AI reading of the film’s English subtitles (dialogue and sound cues) — not viewer votes. How we measure ↗

Kadri — your film companion

AI

Ask anything about Deception. From the film’s own dialogue and FeelDB data, at your spoiler level.

Kadri

Hi, I’m Kadri. Ask me anything about Deception — I’ll stay inside your spoiler line.

Premise only
Enter to send · Shift + Enter for a new line
Afterward Reveal viewer responses · may contain spoilers

Viewer responses about feelings after the title ended, separate from feelings while watching. No AI estimates.

0 responses so far

Feeling details appear after at least 3 viewers respond, to protect privacy.

Cast

Léa Seydoux

The English Lover

MC
Mădălina Constantin

The Czech

RM
Rebecca Marder

The Student

SB
Saadia Bentaïeb

The Prosecutor

AO
André Oumansky

Philip's Father

GF
Gennadiy Fomin

The Czech Writer Friend

FG
Frédérique Giffard

The Judge

IT
Ian Turiak

Czech Cop 1

MH
Matej Hofmann

Czech Cop 2

BJ
Barry J. Johnson

CIA Agent

ST
Scott Thrun

CIA Agent

VT
Valérie Thepsouvanh

New York Nurse

Details

Directed by
Arnaud Desplechin
Type
Movies
Released
2021
Runtime
105 min
Country
France
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.5 · 2,073 ratings
Feels mostly
Confusion
Data updated

Where to watch

Also on

Availability varies by country

Data: JustWatch · Wikidata

Feels similar

More like this →

Emotion overlap shows mood similarity, not a prediction of enjoyment.