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Cuba and the Cameraman

2017 · 113 min · Director: Jon Alpert ★ IMDb 8.2 · 6,035 ratings

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Life in Cuba for three struggling families over the course of 45 years, from the cautious optimism of the early 1970s to the harrowing 1990s after the fall of the Soviet Union and the 2016 death of Fidel Castro.

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Cuba and the Cameraman (2017) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 35%, Melancholy 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 Empathy, Melancholy, Nostalgia. Genres: Documentary. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Melancholy and Nostalgia. Its IMDb rating of 8.2/10 suggests a strong audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 75/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sadness
  • Empathy
  • Curiosity

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Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Hope

Sadness
Empathy
Curiosity
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 dips around 13 %, then peaks around 57 %, then eases around 68 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessEmpathyCuriosity
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity48 %30 %35 %53 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Curiosity45 %21 %32 %56 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Curiosity44 %11 %26 %58 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Curiosity45 %9 %23 %59 %
22.5 %≈ 25′Curiosity46 %19 %30 %56 %
27.5 %≈ 31′Empathy50 %30 %43 %51 %
32.5 %≈ 37′Curiosity51 %30 %46 %51 %
37.5 %≈ 42′Curiosity53 %34 %48 %51 %
42.5 %≈ 48′Sadness59 %48 %55 %46 %
47.5 %≈ 54′Sadness65 %59 %64 %40 %
52.5 %≈ 59′Sadness70 %65 %70 %39 %
57.5 %≈ 65′Sadness74 %70 %74 %41 %
62.5 %≈ 71′Sadness71 %66 %70 %45 %
67.5 %≈ 76′Empathy60 %46 %58 %48 %
72.5 %≈ 82′Curiosity54 %31 %53 %44 %
77.5 %≈ 88′Hope56 %35 %55 %38 %
82.5 %≈ 93′Sadness59 %48 %56 %34 %
87.5 %≈ 99′Sadness63 %59 %59 %32 %
92.5 %≈ 105′Sadness64 %61 %54 %29 %
97.5 %≈ 110′Sadness63 %62 %47 %22 %
Man in a hole

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

JA
Jon Alpert

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FC
Fidel Castro

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AB
Angél Borrego

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CB
Cristobal Borrego

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GB
Gregorio Borrego

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LA
Luis Amores

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Details

Directed by
Jon Alpert
Written by
Jon Alpert
Type
Movies
Released
2017
Runtime
113 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 8.2 · 6,035 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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