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A Secret Love

2020 · 82 min · Director: Chris Bolan ★ IMDb 7.8 · 5,361 ratings

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Falling in love in 1947, two women -- Pat Henschel and pro baseball player Terry Donahue -- begin a 65-year journey of love and overcoming prejudice.

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A Secret Love (2020) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Love 35%, Empathy 25%, Sadness 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 Love, Empathy, Sadness. Genres: Drama, Documentary, Biography. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Love, Empathy and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 7.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 74/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Love
  • Joy
  • Nostalgia

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Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Nostalgia

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Tension

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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 13 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityLoveJoyNostalgia
2.5 %≈ 2′Love65 %58 %22 %18 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Love64 %50 %16 %15 %
12.5 %≈ 10′Love60 %46 %19 %19 %
17.5 %≈ 14′Love60 %44 %26 %30 %
22.5 %≈ 18′Sadness64 %36 %29 %40 %
27.5 %≈ 23′Nostalgia64 %31 %40 %51 %
32.5 %≈ 27′Joy63 %34 %48 %56 %
37.5 %≈ 31′Nostalgia64 %48 %41 %56 %
42.5 %≈ 35′Love70 %54 %29 %53 %
47.5 %≈ 39′Sadness74 %49 %21 %40 %
52.5 %≈ 43′Love70 %54 %28 %27 %
57.5 %≈ 47′Love65 %51 %23 %16 %
62.5 %≈ 51′Tension64 %35 %8 %6 %
67.5 %≈ 55′Tension68 %33 %6 %14 %
72.5 %≈ 59′Sadness71 %50 %18 %44 %
77.5 %≈ 64′Love78 %73 %38 %55 %
82.5 %≈ 68′Love85 %85 %63 %38 %
87.5 %≈ 72′Love85 %84 %71 %29 %
92.5 %≈ 76′Love79 %76 %60 %30 %
97.5 %≈ 80′Love75 %73 %52 %32 %
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

TD
Terry Donahue

PH
Pat Henschel

DB
Diana Bolan

KD
Kim Donahue

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TD
Tammy Donahue

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JX
Jack Xagas

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JB
John Byrd

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YZ
Yvonne Zipter

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MS
Marge Summit

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TB
Tracy Baim

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JS
Jeff Samburg

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Details

Directed by
Chris Bolan
Written by
Chris Bolan, Alexa L. Fogel, Brendan Mason
Type
Movies
Released
2020
Runtime
82 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.8 · 5,361 ratings
Feels mostly
Love
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