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The Connection

2014 · 135 min · Director: Cédric Jimenez ★ IMDb 7.1 · 13,644 ratings

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A French police magistrate spends years trying to take down one of the country's most powerful drug rings.

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The Connection (2014) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Tension 35%, Excitement 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Anger10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Tension, Excitement, Anxiety. Genres: Thriller, Crime, Action. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Tension, Excitement and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 7.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Satisfaction

Tension
Curiosity
Sadness
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.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 78 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriositySadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity47 %40 %45 %20 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Curiosity50 %43 %49 %14 %
12.5 %≈ 17′Tension51 %45 %48 %8 %
17.5 %≈ 24′Curiosity50 %45 %46 %3 %
22.5 %≈ 30′Curiosity57 %43 %43 %18 %
27.5 %≈ 37′Sadness64 %39 %35 %36 %
32.5 %≈ 44′Satisfaction55 %39 %36 %21 %
37.5 %≈ 51′Curiosity51 %45 %44 %6 %
42.5 %≈ 57′Tension63 %60 %49 %11 %
47.5 %≈ 64′Tension73 %73 %50 %20 %
52.5 %≈ 71′Tension71 %70 %53 %30 %
57.5 %≈ 78′Curiosity66 %61 %54 %43 %
62.5 %≈ 84′Sadness64 %55 %51 %49 %
67.5 %≈ 91′Curiosity57 %46 %53 %35 %
72.5 %≈ 98′Curiosity54 %41 %59 %15 %
77.5 %≈ 105′Curiosity63 %54 %59 %10 %
82.5 %≈ 111′Tension76 %74 %55 %19 %
87.5 %≈ 118′Tension85 %78 %50 %43 %
92.5 %≈ 125′Sadness84 %54 %31 %69 %
97.5 %≈ 132′Sadness77 %27 %15 %73 %
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

Jean Dujardin

Judge Pierre Michel

Gilles Lellouche

Gaëtan 'Tany' Zampa

Mélanie Doutey

Christiane Zampa

Benoît Magimel

'Le Fou'

GG
Guillaume Gouix

Inspector José Alvarez

BT
Bruno Todeschini

'Le Banquier'

Féodor Atkine

Gaston Deferre

Moussa Maaskri

Franky Manzoni

PL
Pierre Lopez

Jean Paci

EC
Eric Collado

Robert

Cyril Lecomte

Marco Da Costa

JS
Jean-Pierre Sanchez

Fabrizio Mandonato

GN
Georges Neri

Charles Peretti

MB
Martial Bezot

Martial Salin, 'Le gitan'

BB
Bernard Blancan

Commissioner Lucien Aimé-Blanc

GM
Gérard Meylan

CommissionerAngel Mariette

ÉF
Éric Fraticelli

CommissionerBianchi

DG
Dominic Gould

John Cusack

PB
Pauline Burlet

Lily Mariani

Details

Directed by
Cédric Jimenez
Type
Movies
Released
2014
Runtime
135 min
Country
France, Belgium
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.1 · 13,644 ratings
Feels mostly
Tension
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