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The Measure of a Man

2015 · 93 min · Director: Stéphane Brizé ★ IMDb 6.8 · 7,224 ratings

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An unemployed factory worker is trying to make ends meet in working-class France.

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The Measure of a Man (2015) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 35%, 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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The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Sadness, Anxiety. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 6.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Tension

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Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Anxiety

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Empathy
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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 evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 53 %, then rises around 73 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessTension
2.5 %≈ 2′Empathy56 %55 %32 %43 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Empathy53 %51 %30 %41 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Empathy50 %48 %29 %35 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Joy48 %45 %26 %29 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Anxiety48 %45 %25 %27 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Empathy48 %45 %25 %33 %
32.5 %≈ 30′Empathy56 %53 %30 %45 %
37.5 %≈ 35′Empathy62 %59 %34 %53 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Tension57 %50 %25 %50 %
47.5 %≈ 44′Joy51 %40 %14 %38 %
52.5 %≈ 49′Joy47 %34 %10 %28 %
57.5 %≈ 53′Tension47 %34 %15 %34 %
62.5 %≈ 58′Empathy54 %46 %26 %45 %
67.5 %≈ 63′Tension60 %55 %35 %53 %
72.5 %≈ 67′Empathy64 %61 %45 %59 %
77.5 %≈ 72′Empathy76 %74 %64 %64 %
82.5 %≈ 77′Sadness85 %80 %78 %62 %
87.5 %≈ 81′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
92.5 %≈ 86′Tension73 %65 %45 %70 %
97.5 %≈ 91′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Icarus

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

Kd
Karine de Mirbeck

MS
Matthieu Schaller

MS
Mathieu Schaller

Le fils de Thierry

YO
Yves Ory

Conseiller Pôle emploi

XM
Xavier Mathieu

Le collègue syndicaliste

NM
Noel Mairot

Le professeur de danse

CS
Catherine Saint-Bonnet

La banquière

CR
Christophe Rossignon

Employeur sur Skype (voice)

SG
Soufiane Guerrab

Le jeune homme interpellé

Details

Directed by
Stéphane Brizé
Type
Movies
Released
2015
Runtime
93 min
Country
France
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.8 · 7,224 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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