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Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

2010 · 94 min · Director: Werner Herzog, Dmitry Vasyukov ★ IMDb 7.7 · 9,663 ratings

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In the center of the story is the life of the indigenous people of the village Bakhtia at the river Yenisei in the Siberian Taiga. The camera follows the protagonists in the village over a period of a year. The natives, whose daily routines have barely changed over the last centuries, keep living their lives according to their own cultural traditions. The expressive pictures are accompanied by original sound bites quoting the villagers.

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Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Awe 30%, Nostalgia 25%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Awe
25%Nostalgia
20%Empathy
  1. Awe30%
  2. Nostalgia25%
  3. Empathy20%
  4. Hope15%
  5. Satisfaction10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Awe, Nostalgia, Empathy. Genres: Documentary. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Awe, Nostalgia and Empathy. Its IMDb rating of 7.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Curiosity
  • Empathy
  • Sadness

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Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Satisfaction

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Awe

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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 13 %, then rises around 63 %, then peaks around 73 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityCuriosityEmpathySadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Curiosity45 %55 %18 %3 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Curiosity44 %53 %18 %6 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Curiosity41 %46 %21 %6 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Satisfaction46 %41 %35 %20 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Sadness51 %40 %43 %35 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Curiosity44 %41 %34 %21 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Curiosity46 %43 %39 %24 %
37.5 %≈ 35′Sadness56 %41 %50 %48 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Sadness50 %40 %36 %39 %
47.5 %≈ 45′Curiosity45 %39 %23 %14 %
52.5 %≈ 49′Satisfaction49 %38 %25 %4 %
57.5 %≈ 54′Satisfaction46 %39 %24 %3 %
62.5 %≈ 59′Curiosity46 %39 %30 %13 %
67.5 %≈ 63′Empathy61 %33 %55 %43 %
72.5 %≈ 68′Sadness69 %31 %59 %56 %
77.5 %≈ 73′Curiosity55 %39 %38 %35 %
82.5 %≈ 78′Empathy46 %36 %33 %20 %
87.5 %≈ 82′Awe53 %26 %44 %20 %
92.5 %≈ 87′Empathy59 %19 %50 %20 %
97.5 %≈ 92′Satisfaction58 %13 %45 %18 %
Riches to rags

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

Werner Herzog

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Gennady Soloviev

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Anatoly Blumei

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Gennady Tiganov

Self - Native Boat Builder

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Mikhail Tarkovsky

Self - Trapper #3

Details

Directed by
Werner Herzog, Dmitry Vasyukov
Written by
Werner Herzog, Rudolph Herzog, Dmitry Vasyukov
Type
Movies
Released
2010
Runtime
94 min
Country
Germany
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.7 · 9,663 ratings
Feels mostly
Awe
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