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Out Stealing Horses

2019 · 122 min · Director: Hans Petter Moland ★ IMDb 6.5 · 3,666 ratings

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November 1999: 67-year-old Trond (Stellan Skarsgård), lives in self-imposed isolation and looks forward to welcoming in the new millennium alone. As winter arrives he meets one of his few neighbors, Lars (Bjørn Floberg), and realizes he knew him back in the summer of 1948. 1948 - the year Trond turned 15. The summer Trond grew up. OUT STEALING HORSES is based on the bestselling novel by Norwegian author Per Petterson, which received several important international awards and was included in The New York Times '10 Best Books of 2007 (Fiction)'. Petterson's novels have been translated into more than 50 languages.

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Out Stealing Horses (2019) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Melancholy 35%, Sadness 25%, Nostalgia 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Melancholy, Sadness, Nostalgia. Genres: Drama, Mystery. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Melancholy, Sadness and Nostalgia. Its IMDb rating of 6.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 68/100.

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  • Sadness
  • Sympathy
  • Melancholy

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Dominant emotion: Melancholy

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

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Dominant emotion

Intensity eases around 33 %, then dips around 48 %, then peaks around 63 %.Ending hidden

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%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessSympathyMelancholy
2.5 %≈ 3′Melancholy49 %25 %29 %35 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Sympathy58 %41 %43 %36 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Sadness64 %57 %53 %46 %
17.5 %≈ 21′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
22.5 %≈ 27′Curiosity61 %36 %35 %26 %
27.5 %≈ 34′Sadness71 %59 %57 %44 %
32.5 %≈ 40′Sadness65 %50 %51 %42 %
37.5 %≈ 46′Tension53 %27 %31 %27 %
42.5 %≈ 52′Sadness51 %30 %31 %32 %
47.5 %≈ 58′Curiosity51 %33 %32 %42 %
52.5 %≈ 64′Melancholy57 %30 %31 %38 %
57.5 %≈ 70′Tension70 %36 %43 %33 %
62.5 %≈ 76′Sympathy74 %54 %64 %46 %
67.5 %≈ 82′Sympathy73 %67 %71 %61 %
72.5 %≈ 88′Sadness72 %69 %64 %62 %
77.5 %≈ 95′Sadness68 %67 %57 %60 %
82.5 %≈ 101′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
87.5 %≈ 107′Sadness72 %67 %65 %65 %
92.5 %≈ 113′Melancholy65 %55 %58 %61 %
97.5 %≈ 119′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence

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Cast

TS
Tobias Santelmann

Trond's Father

DC
Danica Curcic

Jon's mother

JR
Jon Ranes

Pål Sverre Hagen

Jon's father

AU
Ane Ulimoen Øverli

Cashier

MA
Maria Alm Norell

Ellen

TB
Tone Beate Mostraum

Trond's mother

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Peter Sjöquist

(uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Hans Petter Moland
Written by
Hans Petter Moland, Per Petterson
Type
Movies
Released
2019
Runtime
122 min
Country
Norway, Sweden, Denmark
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.5 · 3,666 ratings
Feels mostly
Melancholy
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