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Capital in the Twenty-First Century

2019 · 103 min · Director: Justin Pemberton ★ IMDb 7.3 · 3,275 ratings

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Adapting one of the most groundbreaking and powerful books of our time, Capital in the 21st Century is an eye-opening journey through wealth and power, that breaks the popular assumption that the accumulation of capital runs hand in hand with social progress, shining a new light on the world around us and its growing inequalities. Traveling through time from the French Revolution and other huge global shifts, to world wars and through to the rise of new technologies today, the film assembles accessible pop-culture references coupled with interviews of some of the world's most influential experts delivering an insightful and empowering journey through the past and into our future.

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Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2019) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Curiosity 30%, Anxiety 25%, Inspiration 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Anger15%
  2. Hope10%

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The strongest emotional signals are Curiosity, Anxiety, Inspiration. Genres: Documentary. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Curiosity, Anxiety and Inspiration. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 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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  • Curiosity
  • Sadness
  • Tension

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Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Anger

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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 23 %, then peaks around 33 %, then dips around 48 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityCuriositySadnessTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity47 %52 %25 %23 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Sadness49 %49 %31 %26 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Curiosity54 %48 %35 %39 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Sadness63 %45 %46 %54 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Tension66 %43 %55 %58 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Sadness65 %43 %56 %55 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Sadness66 %41 %55 %59 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Tension64 %41 %41 %53 %
42.5 %≈ 44′Hope54 %44 %24 %36 %
47.5 %≈ 49′Curiosity46 %45 %20 %35 %
52.5 %≈ 54′Curiosity49 %46 %24 %43 %
57.5 %≈ 59′Curiosity56 %49 %24 %46 %
62.5 %≈ 64′Anger60 %54 %19 %41 %
67.5 %≈ 70′Curiosity59 %59 %15 %31 %
72.5 %≈ 75′Anger55 %57 %16 %29 %
77.5 %≈ 80′Curiosity53 %51 %25 %34 %
82.5 %≈ 85′Sadness57 %45 %38 %48 %
87.5 %≈ 90′Tension63 %45 %38 %60 %
92.5 %≈ 95′Tension60 %44 %25 %49 %
97.5 %≈ 100′Hope57 %37 %13 %27 %
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

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Thomas Piketty

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Ian Bremmer

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LC
Lucas Chancel

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Bryce Edwards

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Rana Foroohar

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Francis Fukuyama

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Simon Johnson

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Paul Mason

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Faiza Shaheen

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Joseph Stiglitz

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Gillian Tett

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Suresh Naidu

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Paul Piff

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Kate Williams

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Gabriel Zucman

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Details

Directed by
Justin Pemberton
Written by
Matthew Metcalfe, Justin Pemberton, Thomas Piketty
Type
Movies
Released
2019
Runtime
103 min
Country
France, New Zealand
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 3,275 ratings
Feels mostly
Curiosity
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