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The Children's Train

2024 · 106 min · Director: Cristina Comencini ★ IMDb 7.4 · 10,541 ratings

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A seven-year-old boy named Amerigo who in 1946 leaves his impoverished family in Naples and gets on a train to go live with a wealthier family in the north as part of a postwar initiative to rescue children from poverty.

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The Children's Train (2024) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 35%, Sadness 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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  1. Love20%
  2. Hope10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Sadness, Love. Genres: Drama, History. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Love. Its IMDb rating of 7.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Love

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Love

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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. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity peaks around 3 %, then dips around 18 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessLove
2.5 %≈ 3′Sadness70 %58 %60 %18 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Tension65 %55 %46 %19 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Empathy48 %44 %30 %15 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Empathy45 %45 %34 %18 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Empathy61 %60 %51 %30 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Sadness65 %61 %49 %36 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Joy56 %53 %30 %35 %
37.5 %≈ 40′Empathy56 %55 %30 %40 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Empathy59 %59 %38 %43 %
47.5 %≈ 50′Empathy56 %55 %31 %41 %
52.5 %≈ 56′Love58 %51 %20 %50 %
57.5 %≈ 61′Love59 %46 %16 %53 %
62.5 %≈ 66′Joy60 %45 %25 %36 %
67.5 %≈ 72′Tension68 %54 %41 %34 %
72.5 %≈ 77′Love71 %63 %55 %45 %
77.5 %≈ 82′Sadness72 %68 %65 %36 %
82.5 %≈ 87′Sadness77 %71 %73 %26 %
87.5 %≈ 93′Sadness83 %76 %76 %44 %
92.5 %≈ 98′Love87 %82 %78 %68 %
97.5 %≈ 103′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Icarus

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

CC
Christian Cervone

Amerigo

Stefano Accorsi

Amerigo Adulto

FD
Francesco Di Leva

Capa ‘e Fierro

AT
Antonia Truppo

Maddalena Criscuolo

MN
Monica Nappo

Zandragliona

DR
Dora Romano

Pachiochia

BS
Beatrice Schiros

Maestra Ferrari

IZ
Ivan Zerbinati

Alcide

LM
Lucio Morano

Luzio

JP
Jacopo Pagano Guerrieri

Rivo

DR
Domenico Rea

Tommasino

SC
Sophia Cecere

Mariuccia

LN
Lorenzo Neri

Ragazzo propaganda

CD
Chiara D'Angelo

Rossana Palma

Details

Directed by
Cristina Comencini
Written by
Cristina Comencini, Giulia Calenda, Furio Andreotti, Viola Ardone, Camille Dugay Comencini
Type
Movies
Released
2024
Runtime
106 min
Country
Italy
Genres
Drama, History
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.4 · 10,541 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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