Maixabel
2021 · 115 min · Director: Icíar Bollaín
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On July 29, 2000 in Tolosa, Guipúzcoa (Basque Country, north to Spain), and while he was with a close friend in a bar, three ETA's terrorists kill to the former Civil Governor of Guipúzcoa Juan María Jaúregui, tearing apart his wife Maixabel Lasa and their 19 years old daughter María. Eleven years later, María is married and mother of a baby girl, and her mother leads the Association of the Victims of Terrorism, to remember the dead and hurts by ETA and get a chance for reconciliation and peace. Ibon Etxezarreta, one of Jaúregui's assassins, is moved to the jail of Nanclares de la Oca to be close of his aging mother, meeting in Nanclares with other of the killers, Luis Carrasco. Exiled of the band by this rejection to the violence and the armed fight, Luis and Ibon try reconcile their lives with the past and the crimes committed, while the others ETA inmates of the jail repudiate them. When Maixabel organizes a series of jail meeting between killers and victims in an attempt to approach positions, Luis requests to meet Maixabel for asking forgiveness, while Ibon learns during a brief prison permit that his former friends reject him too, finding himself totally alone, turned in outcast for everyone. Despite María's objection and her fear to lose her mother as she lost her father, Maixabel agrees to meet Luis in Nanclares, trying understand not only the happened but why it happened. Trapped by the remembers of the people he killed and pain caused to their friends and relatives, Ibon requests his own meeting with Maixabel as a first step for the redemption, but then he is reported that the authorities have canceled the meetings, leaving her with a more complicated option for Maixabel if she agreed to Ibon's request: meeting with him during another prison permit outside the jail, where there is no the same security. Inspired on true events, Maixabel is a story not only about terror and pain, but the ability to forgive and leave the hate behind.
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Maixabel (2021) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 35%, Sadness 25%, Inspiration 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Empathy35%
- Sadness25%
- Inspiration20%
- Relief10%
- Hope10%
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The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Sadness, Inspiration. Genres: Drama, Biography. AI estimate.
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Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Inspiration. Its IMDb rating of 7.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.
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- Sadness
- Empathy
- Tension
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Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Relief
Dominant emotion: Hope
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Sadness | Empathy | Tension |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Tension | 73 % | 45 % | 47 % | 62 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 9′ | Sadness | 79 % | 65 % | 63 % | 57 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 14′ | Sadness | 68 % | 59 % | 56 % | 45 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 20′ | Tension | 49 % | 36 % | 36 % | 36 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 26′ | Sadness | 50 % | 33 % | 38 % | 44 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 32′ | Tension | 65 % | 41 % | 55 % | 56 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 37′ | Empathy | 66 % | 49 % | 61 % | 50 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 43′ | Sadness | 59 % | 49 % | 54 % | 41 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 49′ | Sadness | 61 % | 46 % | 49 % | 50 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 55′ | Tension | 66 % | 48 % | 49 % | 60 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 60′ | Sadness | 75 % | 64 % | 63 % | 63 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 66′ | Sadness | 85 % | 79 % | 79 % | 56 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 72′ | Sadness | 83 % | 68 % | 78 % | 43 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 78′ | Relief | 73 % | 50 % | 68 % | 39 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 83′ | Sadness | 66 % | 46 % | 63 % | 48 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 89′ | Empathy | 70 % | 54 % | 69 % | 53 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 95′ | Sadness | 80 % | 68 % | 76 % | 46 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 101′ | Relief | 84 % | 68 % | 75 % | 36 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 106′ | Hope | 82 % | 57 % | 73 % | 35 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 112′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
Rags to riches
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
Luis Carrasco
Esther
Carmen
Luichi (Marido María)
Juan Mari Jáuregui
Amigo Maixabel
Director Cárcel
Amiga de María
Amiga de María
Amiga de María
Vecino
Funcionario Nanclares
Prisonnier
Etarra Comando
Amiga de María
Details
- Directed by
- Icíar Bollaín
- Written by
- Icíar Bollaín, Isa Campo
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2021
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Country
- Spain
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Empathy
- Data updated
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