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El Hijo

2019 · 92 min · Director: Sebastián Schindel ★ IMDb 5.5 · 4,273 ratings

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A 50-year-old painter named Lorenzo decides to rebuild his life after hard times. Anxious about the son he will have with his new wife, during pregnancy, she begins to have a certain obsessive and malicious behavior, which makes the relationship between them both tense. With the birth of the baby, the relationship reaches new levels of dangerous hostility and certain unhealthy behaviors that make the couple an extremely unstable situation, from which there could be no return.

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Emotional fingerprint

El Hijo (2019) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 35%, Tension 25%, Confusion 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear10%

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Each viewer contributes one response, split equally across their selected emotions. When available, an automated estimate supplies a prior that is blended with those responses. Counts include distinct viewers, not automated estimates or archived anonymous votes. Fewer than 3 viewers is an early estimate; more responses do not guarantee certainty.

Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Tension, Confusion. Genres: Thriller, Drama, Mystery. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Tension and Confusion. Its IMDb rating of 5.5/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 59/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitlesapproximate
  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Sadness

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Tension
Curiosity
Sadness
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. Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 8 %, then dips around 48 %, then peaks around 63 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriositySadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
7.5 %≈ 7′Curiosity34 %22 %31 %10 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Sadness34 %21 %25 %14 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Joy41 %25 %27 %16 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Tension51 %37 %41 %20 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Curiosity56 %45 %49 %22 %
32.5 %≈ 30′Tension59 %51 %41 %27 %
37.5 %≈ 35′Tension58 %53 %33 %33 %
42.5 %≈ 39′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
47.5 %≈ 44′Joy48 %39 %40 %13 %
52.5 %≈ 48′Tension60 %54 %41 %19 %
57.5 %≈ 53′Tension67 %63 %38 %27 %
62.5 %≈ 58′Tension67 %63 %40 %35 %
67.5 %≈ 62′Tension67 %63 %42 %38 %
72.5 %≈ 67′Sadness56 %51 %34 %31 %
77.5 %≈ 71′Joy50 %43 %27 %23 %
82.5 %≈ 76′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
87.5 %≈ 81′Sadness69 %45 %37 %49 %
92.5 %≈ 85′Joy60 %25 %25 %29 %
97.5 %≈ 90′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence

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Cast

JF
Joaquín Furriel

Lorenzo

LC
Luciano Cáceres

LC
Luciano Cáceres

Renato

HT
Heidi Toini

Sigrid

RL
Regina Lamm

Gudrun

AM
Alfredo Martín

Fiscal

CR
Corina Romero

Jueza

RS
Rubén Szuchmacher

Abogado

PS
Pablo Seijo

Obstetra

LS
Leonardo Singereisky

Psiquiatra

ML
María Luisa Estiz

Maestra jardinera

SL
Santiago Lorenzo

Henrik 6 meses

FL
Felipe Leiolo

Henrik recién nacido

BH
Bruno Hobberg Novello

Henrik 1 año

LH
Luca Hobberg Novello

Henrik 2 años

NS
Nicolás Schneider

Oficial comisaria

TB
Tomás Baillie

Mozo

EN
Elis Nielsen

Mujer policía

PP
Pablo Pinto

Policía 1

MC
Mariano Cáceres

Policía 2

Details

Directed by
Sebastián Schindel
Written by
Guillermo Martínez, Leonel D'Agostino
Type
Movies
Released
2019
Runtime
92 min
Country
Argentina
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.5 · 4,273 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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