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Goodbye First Love

2011 · 108 min · Director: Mia Hansen-Løve ★ IMDb 6.7 · 5,999 ratings

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Spring of 1999: 15-year-old Camille and 19-year-old Sullivan are mad about each other. Sullivan, however, wants to go to South America for a year and this drives Camille to despair. He leaves in the fall and after a while he stops writing to her. After a suicide attempt, she ends up in the hospital. After four years she works, studies architecture and lives alone. She meets a famous architect, Lorenz, who restores her self-confidence. In 2007, Camille and Lorenz have a strong relationship. She is his assistant but she feels strong enough to set up an agency soon. She develops into a more fully formed woman, with new interests. After 7 years she sees Sullivan again. After their first meeting everything seems to go well, but a few months later the old feelings come back and her heart is torn again.

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Goodbye First Love (2011) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Melancholy 30%, Sadness 25%, Nostalgia 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Melancholy, Sadness, Nostalgia. Genres: Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Melancholy, Sadness and Nostalgia. 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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  • Love
  • Sadness
  • Tension

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Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Nostalgia

Dominant emotion: Tension

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Dominant emotion

Intensity peaks around 33 %, then dips around 48 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityLoveSadnessTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Love60 %47 %25 %32 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Sadness63 %43 %35 %35 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Love61 %51 %25 %27 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Love57 %53 %21 %29 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Sadness65 %44 %45 %51 %
27.5 %≈ 30′Sadness74 %41 %64 %59 %
32.5 %≈ 35′Sadness75 %40 %70 %43 %
37.5 %≈ 41′Sadness65 %25 %61 %29 %
42.5 %≈ 46′Sadness45 %9 %38 %25 %
47.5 %≈ 51′Sadness36 %10 %20 %21 %
52.5 %≈ 57′Hope44 %26 %11 %13 %
57.5 %≈ 62′Hope51 %35 %9 %15 %
62.5 %≈ 68′Hope51 %31 %14 %27 %
67.5 %≈ 73′Nostalgia51 %35 %20 %35 %
72.5 %≈ 78′Nostalgia60 %49 %28 %45 %
77.5 %≈ 84′Love74 %65 %35 %57 %
82.5 %≈ 89′Love74 %59 %36 %61 %
87.5 %≈ 95′Tension66 %36 %44 %54 %
92.5 %≈ 100′Sadness67 %28 %57 %45 %
97.5 %≈ 105′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Oedipus

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

SU
Sebastian Urzendowsky

MB
Magne-Håvard Brekke

VB
Valérie Bonneton

Camille's Mother

SR
Serge Renko

Camille's Father

ÖF
Özay Fecht

Sullivan's Mother

MR
Max Ricat

Sullivan's Brother

LD
Louis Dunbar

Friend

PP
Philippe Paimblanc

The first antique dealer

PM
Patrice Movermann

The second antique dealer

AA
Arnaud Azoulay

Camille's Brother

AR
Amélie Robin

High school friend

JD
Justine Dhouailly

High school friend

CF
Charlotte Faivre

The head hostess

FB
François Buot

History teacher

EG
Elisabeth Guill

English teacher

MP
Marie-Hélène Peyrat

French teacher

GS
Guy-Patrick Sainderichin

Architecture teacher

GS
Grégoire Strecker

The night clubber

JD
Jean-Paul Dubois

The demolition contractor

Details

Directed by
Mia Hansen-Løve
Written by
Mia Hansen-Løve
Type
Movies
Released
2011
Runtime
108 min
Country
France, Germany
Genres
Drama, Romance
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.7 · 5,999 ratings
Feels mostly
Melancholy
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