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The Brand New Testament

2015 · 114 min · Director: Jaco Van Dormael ★ IMDb 7.1 · 37,441 ratings

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God lives in human form as a cynical writer with his young opinionated daughter in present-day Brussels, Belgium. She concludes that her dad is doing a terrible job and decides to rewrite the world, descending to earth in search of her own 6 messengers to write a brand new testament and change the status quo.

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The Brand New Testament (2015) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Awe 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Humor
25%Awe
  1. Humor30%
  2. Awe25%
  3. Love15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Awe, Sadness. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Awe and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 7.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Sadness
  • Hope
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Love

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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. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessHopeTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor47 %17 %18 %25 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Humor50 %23 %19 %34 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Hope55 %24 %25 %45 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Tension60 %29 %20 %53 %
22.5 %≈ 26′Tension59 %34 %15 %46 %
27.5 %≈ 31′Humor54 %35 %23 %29 %
32.5 %≈ 37′Sadness55 %46 %24 %19 %
37.5 %≈ 43′Sadness55 %45 %20 %21 %
42.5 %≈ 48′Humor51 %28 %29 %24 %
47.5 %≈ 54′Hope53 %18 %38 %18 %
52.5 %≈ 60′Love59 %19 %28 %24 %
57.5 %≈ 66′Tension64 %29 %19 %46 %
62.5 %≈ 71′Tension60 %35 %24 %46 %
67.5 %≈ 77′Sadness54 %35 %28 %28 %
72.5 %≈ 83′Love59 %40 %27 %31 %
77.5 %≈ 88′Sadness64 %45 %31 %39 %
82.5 %≈ 94′Hope59 %39 %36 %31 %
87.5 %≈ 100′Humor61 %33 %40 %41 %
92.5 %≈ 105′Hope72 %32 %48 %60 %
97.5 %≈ 111′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Rags to riches

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

Yolande Moreau

God's Wife

DD
Didier De Neck

Jean-Claude

LV
Laura Verlinden

Aurélie

RG
Romain Gelin

Willy

ML
Marco Lorenzini

Victor

Johan Heldenbergh

The Priest

AT
Anna Tenta

Xenia, l'Allemande

DM
David Murgia

Jésus Christ

GP
Gaspard Pauwels

Kevin

BA
Bilal Aya

Philippe

Johan Leysen

Martine's Husband

DA
Dominique Abel

Adam

LP
Lola Pauwels

Eve

SL
Sandrine Laroche

Catherine

LD
Louis Durant

Marc (9 years old)

Details

Directed by
Jaco Van Dormael
Written by
Jaco Van Dormael, Thomas Gunzig
Type
Movies
Released
2015
Runtime
114 min
Country
Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.1 · 37,441 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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