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The Dinner

2014 · 90 min · Director: Ivano De Matteo ★ IMDb 6.6 · 1,831 ratings

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Story about two brothers and their wives, and the interactions between them and their two high school age children. When the kids get into serious trouble together, how will the parents relationships change with and among each other? Will the parents protect the kids or force them to face the consequences of their actions?

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The Dinner (2014) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Guilt 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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  1. Guilt25%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Guilt, Tension. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Guilt and Tension. Its IMDb rating of 6.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 67/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Disturbing
  • Anger

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Tension
Disturbing
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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 peaks around 3 %, then dips around 18 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionDisturbingAnger
2.5 %≈ 2′Tension70 %55 %32 %17 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Sympathy59 %36 %25 %9 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Disturbing39 %23 %20 %5 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Sympathy26 %18 %11 %4 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Tension29 %23 %9 %9 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Tension35 %30 %13 %16 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Tension33 %29 %11 %13 %
37.5 %≈ 34′Tension38 %35 %19 %6 %
42.5 %≈ 38′Tension53 %46 %43 %14 %
47.5 %≈ 43′Disturbing69 %56 %57 %25 %
52.5 %≈ 47′Tension69 %63 %50 %24 %
57.5 %≈ 52′Tension64 %61 %43 %24 %
62.5 %≈ 56′Tension68 %66 %46 %29 %
67.5 %≈ 61′Tension75 %73 %54 %32 %
72.5 %≈ 65′Tension65 %61 %49 %31 %
77.5 %≈ 70′Sympathy54 %49 %39 %26 %
82.5 %≈ 74′Tension62 %54 %50 %38 %
87.5 %≈ 79′Disturbing77 %64 %71 %60 %
92.5 %≈ 83′Disturbing86 %75 %81 %70 %
97.5 %≈ 88′Tension90 %85 %82 %68 %
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

LV
Lidia Vitale

Giovanna

RA
Roberto Accornero

Professore

SA
Sharon Alessandri

GF
Giada Fradeani

Sandra

CP
Cristina Puccinelli

LD
Lupo De Matteo

Stefano

MD
Melinda De Matteo

LD
Luigi Donato

VF
Viviane Florentine Nicolai

GP
Ginevra Palma

ML
Maria Laura Lemache Armas

LR
Luciano Roffi

Details

Directed by
Ivano De Matteo
Written by
Ivano De Matteo, Valentina Ferlan, Herman Koch
Type
Movies
Released
2014
Runtime
90 min
Country
Italy
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.6 · 1,831 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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