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Oranges and Sunshine

2010 · 104 min · Director: Jim Loach ★ IMDb 7.1 · 6,253 ratings

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Set in 1980s Nottingham, social worker Margaret Humphreys holds the British government accountable for child migration schemes and reunites the children involved -- now adults living mostly in Australia -- with their parents in Britain.

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Oranges and Sunshine (2010) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Sadness 25%, Inspiration 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Hope15%
  2. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Sadness, Inspiration. Genres: Drama, History, 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 70/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Disturbing

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Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: 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.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 8 %, then peaks around 88 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 3′Empathy58 %55 %45 %20 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Empathy55 %51 %39 %21 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Hope61 %55 %42 %34 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Sadness71 %65 %60 %44 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Sadness71 %65 %64 %46 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Disturbing64 %57 %53 %46 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Empathy65 %61 %54 %45 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Sadness69 %65 %58 %41 %
42.5 %≈ 44′Empathy65 %59 %50 %36 %
47.5 %≈ 49′Tension63 %55 %46 %38 %
52.5 %≈ 55′Sadness68 %61 %57 %40 %
57.5 %≈ 60′Sadness73 %69 %66 %39 %
62.5 %≈ 65′Empathy71 %61 %49 %40 %
67.5 %≈ 70′Tension74 %54 %33 %48 %
72.5 %≈ 75′Empathy76 %61 %34 %41 %
77.5 %≈ 81′Hope78 %70 %40 %38 %
82.5 %≈ 86′Disturbing85 %78 %60 %66 %
87.5 %≈ 91′Disturbing91 %86 %79 %88 %
92.5 %≈ 96′Empathy83 %80 %73 %65 %
97.5 %≈ 101′Sadness67 %63 %57 %30 %
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

AL
Aisling Loftus

AL
Aisling Loftus

Susie

SW
Stuart Wolfenden

TM
Tara Morice

Pauline

SW
Stuart Wolfenden

Bill

Richard Dillane

Merv Humphreys

MW
Molly Windsor

Rachel

KR
Kate Rutter

Vera

FH
Federay Holmes

Charlotte

HS
Harvey Scrimshaw

Ben

TW
Tammy Wakefield

Susan

MD
Marg Downey

Miss Hutchison

GR
Geoff Revell

Syd

CP
Chrissie Page

Betty

BM
Barbara Marten

Mary

GM
Geoff Morrell

Walter

TM
Tanya Myers

Joan

RD
Russell Dykstra

Dan

Details

Directed by
Jim Loach
Written by
Rona Munro, Margaret Humphreys
Type
Movies
Released
2010
Runtime
104 min
Country
United Kingdom, Australia
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.1 · 6,253 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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