C'est ça l'amour
2018 · 98 min · Director: Claire Burger, Claire Burger
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Forbach, East of France, today. Mario, a man without much ambition, except for love, is back to square one after his wife left home. He now must raise on his own his two daughters going through their adolescent years while going through some sort of a teenage crisis of his own. Frida, 14-years old, blames her father for their mother's absence and she develops ambivalent feelings towards her new girlfriend. Niki, 17-years old, will soon leave home. Until then, she lives the good life. Mario can't help but lose the women he loves. Yet they must all agree to let one another go. Can accepting to lose someone eventually lead to finding oneself?
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C'est ça l'amour (2018) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Sadness 25%, Sympathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Empathy30%
- Sadness25%
- Sympathy20%
- Hope15%
- Satisfaction10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Sadness, Sympathy. Genres: Comedy, Drama. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Sympathy. Its IMDb rating of 6.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 66/100.
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Emotional journey
- Empathy
- Sadness
- Tension
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Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Hope
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Empathy | Sadness | Tension |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Sadness | 40 % | 35 % | 30 % | 20 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Sadness | 44 % | 39 % | 34 % | 31 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 12′ | Sadness | 45 % | 41 % | 35 % | 36 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 17′ | Empathy | 48 % | 45 % | 36 % | 37 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 22′ | Empathy | 49 % | 44 % | 31 % | 35 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 27′ | Hope | 44 % | 38 % | 23 % | 23 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 32′ | Empathy | 43 % | 36 % | 23 % | 24 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 37′ | Tension | 51 % | 44 % | 33 % | 40 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 42′ | Sadness | 55 % | 50 % | 43 % | 44 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 47′ | Sadness | 54 % | 50 % | 45 % | 44 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 51′ | Sadness | 61 % | 55 % | 50 % | 55 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 56′ | Tension | 61 % | 54 % | 46 % | 56 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 61′ | Empathy | 55 % | 48 % | 30 % | 50 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 66′ | Tension | 64 % | 56 % | 32 % | 48 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 71′ | Empathy | 64 % | 59 % | 41 % | 32 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 76′ | Hope | 48 % | 46 % | 34 % | 16 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 81′ | Empathy | 41 % | 40 % | 26 % | 10 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 86′ | Hope | 43 % | 36 % | 19 % | 8 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 91′ | Hope | 43 % | 32 % | 12 % | 8 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 96′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
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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
Niki
Armelle
Details
- Directed by
- Claire Burger, Claire Burger
- Written by
- Claire Burger, Claire Burger
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2018
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Country
- France, Belgium
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Empathy
- Data updated
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