Stations of the Cross
2014 · 110 min · Director: Dietrich Brüggemann
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
Maria is 14 years old. Her family is part of a fundamentalist Catholic community. Maria lives her everyday life in the modern world, yet her heart belongs to Jesus. She wants to follow him, to become a saint and go to heaven - just like all those holy children she's always been told about. So Maria goes through 14 stations, just like Jesus did on his path to Golgatha, and reaches her goal in the end. Not even Christian, a boy she meets at school, can stop her, even if in another world, they might have become friends, or even more. Left behind is a broken family that finds comfort in faith, and the question if all these events were really so inevitable. STATIONS OF THE CROSS is an indictment and, at the same time, the legend of a saint. It's a story of religion, devotion and radical faith, and the film itself comes along just as radical as the subject matter, telling the story in only 14 fixed-angle long shots, allowing the viewer to contemplate the interactions on screen in an entirely different way than in a traditional film.
Emotional fingerprint
Stations of the Cross (2014) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 35%, Anxiety 25%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Sadness35%
- Anxiety25%
- Empathy20%
- Hope10%
- Disturbing10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Anxiety, Empathy. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Anxiety and Empathy. 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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Emotional journey
- Empathy
- Sadness
- Disturbing
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Disturbing
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Hope
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Empathy | Sadness | Disturbing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Disturbing | 38 % | 17 % | 7 % | 35 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 8′ | Disturbing | 41 % | 23 % | 10 % | 40 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 14′ | Disturbing | 41 % | 32 % | 15 % | 39 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 19′ | Empathy | 39 % | 38 % | 18 % | 29 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 25′ | Empathy | 39 % | 39 % | 15 % | 18 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 30′ | Hope | 44 % | 43 % | 15 % | 16 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 36′ | Empathy | 53 % | 49 % | 25 % | 31 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 41′ | Empathy | 61 % | 56 % | 35 % | 51 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 47′ | Disturbing | 66 % | 59 % | 39 % | 64 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 52′ | Disturbing | 70 % | 60 % | 45 % | 66 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 58′ | Empathy | 70 % | 64 % | 50 % | 57 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 63′ | Empathy | 65 % | 64 % | 51 % | 44 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 69′ | Sadness | 56 % | 53 % | 46 % | 35 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 74′ | Disturbing | 51 % | 41 % | 35 % | 39 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 80′ | Tension | 63 % | 54 % | 39 % | 54 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 85′ | Empathy | 76 % | 74 % | 57 % | 63 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 91′ | Sadness | 85 % | 84 % | 78 % | 68 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 96′ | Sadness | 91 % | 83 % | 89 % | 77 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 102′ | Sadness | 92 % | 73 % | 88 % | 82 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 107′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
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
Bernadette
Christian
Vater
Thomas
Katharina
Johannes
Arzt
Sabine
Helene
Matthias
Silvio
Ellie
Linus
Marvin
Svenja
Details
- Directed by
- Dietrich Brüggemann
- Written by
- Dietrich Brüggemann, Anna Brüggemann
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2014
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Country
- Germany, France
- Genres
- Drama
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Sadness
- Data updated
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