The Canal
2014 · 93 min · Director: Ivan Kavanagh
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
Film archivist David (Rupert Evans) has been having a rough time lately, as he suspects that his wife Alice (Hannah Hoekstra) has been cheating on him with Alex (Carl Shaaban), one of her work clients. This stress is compounded when David's work partner Claire (Antonia Campbell-Hughes) gives him a reel of to-be-archived footage that shows that his house was the setting for a brutal murder in 1902. Becoming progressively more unsettled and unhinged, David begins to believe that a spectral presence is in his house and ends up following his wife to a nearby canal, where he discovers that she is indeed having an affair with Alex. When Alice goes missing shortly afterwards, David contacts the police- only to become the prime suspect in her disappearance. As the police grow more convinced that David has murdered his wife, he struggles to find proof of his growing suspicion that something otherworldly was instead responsible.
Emotional fingerprint
The Canal (2014) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Disturbing 35%, Anxiety 25%, Fear 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Disturbing35%
- Anxiety25%
- Fear20%
- Confusion10%
- Tension10%
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The strongest emotional signals are Disturbing, Anxiety, Fear. Genres: Drama, Mystery, Horror. AI estimate.
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Emotional journey
- Tension
- Disturbing
- Fear
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Curiosity
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Disturbing
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Tension | Disturbing | Fear |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Curiosity | 31 % | 9 % | 8 % | 7 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | 34 % | 16 % | 12 % | 11 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 12′ | Curiosity | 37 % | 26 % | 20 % | 14 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 16′ | Tension | 35 % | 30 % | 15 % | 12 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 21′ | Curiosity | 40 % | 37 % | 18 % | 20 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 26′ | Tension | 56 % | 51 % | 32 % | 34 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 30′ | Sadness | 67 % | 53 % | 34 % | 28 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 35′ | Sadness | 71 % | 48 % | 31 % | 18 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 40′ | Sadness | 67 % | 42 % | 27 % | 16 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 44′ | Curiosity | 59 % | 44 % | 27 % | 24 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 49′ | Tension | 62 % | 58 % | 38 % | 43 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 53′ | Tension | 71 % | 70 % | 46 % | 59 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 58′ | Tension | 78 % | 77 % | 52 % | 69 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 63′ | Tension | 78 % | 76 % | 55 % | 67 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 67′ | Tension | 73 % | 71 % | 51 % | 54 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 72′ | Tension | 73 % | 71 % | 53 % | 48 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 77′ | Tension | 78 % | 76 % | 64 % | 55 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 81′ | Disturbing | 88 % | 84 % | 81 % | 73 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 86′ | Disturbing | 93 % | 88 % | 90 % | 83 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 91′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
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
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Billy
William Jackson
Woman in Garden
Alex
Anna
Margaret Jackson
Steven
Details
- Directed by
- Ivan Kavanagh
- Written by
- Ivan Kavanagh
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2014
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Country
- Ireland, United Kingdom
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Disturbing
- Data updated
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