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Seeds of Yesterday

2015 · 86 min · Director: Shawn Ku ★ IMDb 5.6 · 2,254 ratings

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It's the early 1990s in the continuing saga of the Dollanganger family. After undergoing psychiatric treatment in his teens following his encounter with his now deceased grandmother Corrine Foxworth, Bart Sheffield has become the sole heir of Corrine's estate. He has rebuilt Foxworth Manor where he is living, and has legally changed his last name from Sheffield to Foxworth. The estate is legally being managed by Bart's father, Christopher Sheffield, until Bart turns twenty-five as stipulated in Corrine's will. Bart brings together his entire family to celebrate his twenty-fifth birthday, at which time an extra clause in Corrine's will is to be read as per her instructions. The family includes: his parents Chris and Cathy Sheffield, whose incestuous relationship Bart is aware; his older brother and his wife, Jory and Melodie Marquet, who are both renowned ballet dancers; and his adopted younger teenaged sister, Cindy Sheffield, who is openly exploring her sexuality. Bart has pushed his family away since his psychiatric treatment, most specifically Chris, who, as not his biological parent, he no longer wants in his life, and Cindy, who he has never viewed as his sister and thus a member of the family. An incident at the birthday leads to the entire family needing to stay longer at Foxworth Manor. Bart has become religiously fanatical, much like his great-grandparents, Malcolm and Olivia Foxworth, who he secretly idolizes. The spirit of Malcolm lives through Bart, who tries to dictate what happens with and to his family, as he has a warped view of the female gender based on his parents' relationship, and as he reconciles his own animal urges against his/Malcolm's religious beliefs.

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Seeds of Yesterday (2015) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Disturbing 30%, Sadness 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Hope

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Dominant emotion: Sadness

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%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSympathySadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Tension42 %35 %18 %17 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Hope43 %35 %18 %14 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Disturbing43 %37 %20 %14 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Tension55 %53 %35 %25 %
22.5 %≈ 19′Tension79 %68 %63 %54 %
27.5 %≈ 24′Sadness86 %56 %79 %75 %
32.5 %≈ 28′Sympathy75 %43 %71 %66 %
37.5 %≈ 32′Sympathy71 %53 %65 %60 %
42.5 %≈ 37′Sadness83 %68 %76 %75 %
47.5 %≈ 41′Sadness85 %71 %71 %69 %
52.5 %≈ 45′Disturbing73 %65 %46 %40 %
57.5 %≈ 49′Tension66 %61 %39 %31 %
62.5 %≈ 54′Tension73 %66 %45 %34 %
67.5 %≈ 58′Tension80 %70 %55 %43 %
72.5 %≈ 62′Sadness78 %61 %60 %53 %
77.5 %≈ 67′Hope73 %54 %50 %44 %
82.5 %≈ 71′Disturbing81 %69 %48 %39 %
87.5 %≈ 75′Disturbing93 %86 %60 %53 %
92.5 %≈ 80′Tension91 %73 %69 %70 %
97.5 %≈ 84′Sadness85 %43 %68 %77 %
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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

JL
Jason Lewis

JL
Jason Lewis

Christopher

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Anthony Konechny

SH
Sammi Hanratty

Cindy

LG
Leah Gibson

Melodie

NB
Nikohl Boosheri

Toni

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Andrew Herr

Lance

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Aidan Kahn

College Buddy

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Nancy Ebert

Society Lady

PJ
Peter J. Gray

Hot Guy

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Michelle Briscoe

Young Blonde

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Owen Selkirk

Male Dancer #1

BH
Broderick Hargreaves

Male Dancer #2

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Mark McConchie

Attorney

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Michelle Choi-Lee

Rental Agent

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Kehli O'Byrne

Woman

Details

Directed by
Shawn Ku
Written by
Darren Stein, Virginia C. Andrews (based upon the novel by), Darren Stein (teleplay by)
Type
Movies
Released
2015
Runtime
86 min
Country
Canada
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.6 · 2,254 ratings
Feels mostly
Disturbing
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