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The True Cost

2015 · 92 min · Director: Andrew Morgan ★ IMDb 7.7 · 7,536 ratings

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This is a story about clothing. It's about the clothes we wear, the people who make them, and the impact the industry is having on our world. The price of clothing has been decreasing for decades, while the human and environmental costs have grown dramatically. The True Cost is a groundbreaking documentary film that pulls back the curtain on the untold story and asks us to consider, who really pays the price for our clothing?

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The True Cost (2015) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Empathy 25%, Disgust 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Empathy, Disgust. Genres: Drama, Documentary, News. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Empathy and Disgust. 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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  • Sadness
  • Disturbing
  • Anger

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Anger

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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.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 13 %, then peaks around 73 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessDisturbingAnger
2.5 %≈ 2′Hope47 %28 %35 %23 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Disturbing66 %53 %59 %41 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Sadness74 %61 %66 %52 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Hope59 %38 %40 %37 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Hope48 %21 %23 %23 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Disturbing51 %29 %38 %29 %
32.5 %≈ 30′Disturbing65 %46 %60 %43 %
37.5 %≈ 35′Disturbing66 %49 %61 %43 %
42.5 %≈ 39′Disturbing56 %39 %48 %34 %
47.5 %≈ 44′Hope54 %27 %29 %23 %
52.5 %≈ 48′Hope61 %24 %29 %21 %
57.5 %≈ 53′Disturbing68 %39 %49 %35 %
62.5 %≈ 58′Sadness64 %45 %49 %44 %
67.5 %≈ 62′Anger68 %48 %51 %56 %
72.5 %≈ 67′Sadness77 %59 %66 %70 %
77.5 %≈ 71′Anger70 %49 %59 %64 %
82.5 %≈ 76′Anger59 %26 %48 %46 %
87.5 %≈ 81′Disturbing65 %30 %49 %36 %
92.5 %≈ 85′Sadness73 %48 %40 %31 %
97.5 %≈ 90′Hope70 %45 %25 %23 %
Cinderella

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

LG
Livia Giuggioli

VS
Vandana Shiva

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SM
Stella McCartney

RD
Richard D. Wolff

JO
John Oliver

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MC
Mark Crispin Miller

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Details

Directed by
Andrew Morgan
Written by
Andrew Morgan
Type
Movies
Released
2015
Runtime
92 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.7 · 7,536 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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