Out Stealing Horses
2019 · 122 min · Director: Hans Petter Moland
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
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
- Melancholy35%
- Sadness25%
- Nostalgia20%
- Empathy10%
- Curiosity10%
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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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Emotional journey
- Sadness
- Sympathy
- Melancholy
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Dominant emotion: Melancholy
Dominant emotion: Sympathy
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Curiosity
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Sadness | Sympathy | Melancholy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Melancholy | 49 % | 25 % | 29 % | 35 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 9′ | Sympathy | 58 % | 41 % | 43 % | 36 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 15′ | Sadness | 64 % | 57 % | 53 % | 46 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 21′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 27′ | Curiosity | 61 % | 36 % | 35 % | 26 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 34′ | Sadness | 71 % | 59 % | 57 % | 44 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 40′ | Sadness | 65 % | 50 % | 51 % | 42 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 46′ | Tension | 53 % | 27 % | 31 % | 27 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 52′ | Sadness | 51 % | 30 % | 31 % | 32 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 58′ | Curiosity | 51 % | 33 % | 32 % | 42 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 64′ | Melancholy | 57 % | 30 % | 31 % | 38 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 70′ | Tension | 70 % | 36 % | 43 % | 33 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 76′ | Sympathy | 74 % | 54 % | 64 % | 46 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 82′ | Sympathy | 73 % | 67 % | 71 % | 61 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 88′ | Sadness | 72 % | 69 % | 64 % | 62 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 95′ | Sadness | 68 % | 67 % | 57 % | 60 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 101′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 107′ | Sadness | 72 % | 67 % | 65 % | 65 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 113′ | Melancholy | 65 % | 55 % | 58 % | 61 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 119′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
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Cast
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Ellen
Trond's mother
(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
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Melancholy
- Data updated
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