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The Childhood of a Leader

2015 · 116 min · Director: Brady Corbet, Brady Corbet ★ IMDb 6.2 · 7,764 ratings

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A chronicle of the childhood of a post-World War I leader.

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The Childhood of a Leader (2015) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Disturbing 35%, Anxiety 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Disturbing, Anxiety, Tension. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Disturbing, Anxiety and Tension. Its IMDb rating of 6.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 65/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Sympathy
  • Disturbing

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Tension
Sympathy
Disturbing
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. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 13 %, then rises around 57 %, then peaks around 68 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSympathyDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 3′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
7.5 %≈ 9′Curiosity33 %27 %10 %15 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Curiosity32 %25 %11 %16 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Curiosity38 %25 %23 %16 %
22.5 %≈ 26′Sympathy45 %28 %38 %15 %
27.5 %≈ 32′Sympathy43 %29 %38 %14 %
32.5 %≈ 38′Sympathy36 %23 %32 %10 %
37.5 %≈ 44′Sadness34 %19 %30 %9 %
42.5 %≈ 49′Sympathy34 %24 %29 %13 %
47.5 %≈ 55′Sympathy39 %31 %29 %18 %
52.5 %≈ 61′Tension44 %37 %23 %23 %
57.5 %≈ 67′Tension52 %46 %26 %36 %
62.5 %≈ 73′Disturbing69 %61 %46 %60 %
67.5 %≈ 78′Disturbing71 %64 %56 %64 %
72.5 %≈ 84′Sympathy65 %57 %55 %52 %
77.5 %≈ 90′Tension60 %54 %48 %46 %
82.5 %≈ 96′Curiosity55 %50 %38 %43 %
87.5 %≈ 102′Tension59 %53 %33 %48 %
92.5 %≈ 107′Curiosity57 %48 %16 %50 %
97.5 %≈ 113′Disturbing57 %43 %2 %52 %
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

Liam Cunningham

The Father

Stacy Martin

Adelaide / The Teacher

Yolande Moreau

The Maid

Jacques Boudet

The Priest

Robert Pattinson

Charles Marker / The Leader

TS
Tom Sweet

Prescott, the Boy

SL
Sophie Lane Curtis

Laura

RD
Rebecca Dayan

Edith

ME
Michael Epp

Economist

PK
Pető Kata

Housemaid

MP
Mark Phelan

Mr. Advisor

JW
Jeremy Wheeler

Mr. Deputy

AO
Andrew Osterreicher

Mr. Secretary

SA
Scott Alexander Young

Counselor

RH
Roderick Hill

Older American Gentleman

OG
Owen Good

Young American Gentleman

LB
Luca Bercovici

Older Foreign Gentleman

CB
Caroline Boulton

Mr. Advisors Secretary

MH
Máté Haumann

Second Clerk

Details

Written by
Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold, Jean-Paul Sartre, Brady Corbet
Type
Movies
Released
2015
Runtime
116 min
Country
United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Hungary, Belgium
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.2 · 7,764 ratings
Feels mostly
Disturbing
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