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The Night Before the Exams

2006 · 100 min · Director: Fausto Brizzi ★ IMDb 6.4 · 6,016 ratings

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Rome, 1989. On his last day of high school, Luca gets in trouble when he takes it all out on hated literature teacher Martinelli, only to discover he's going to be heading the examination board for his finals. During a summer of fruitless study, he falls in love with a girl he met once at a party, unaware that she's Martinelli's daughter. The latter, strangely enough, has just offered Luca to prepare with him...

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The Night Before the Exams (2006) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Love 20%, Anticipation 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor35%
  2. Love20%
  3. Smile15%

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The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Love, Anticipation. Genres: Comedy. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Love and Anticipation. Its IMDb rating of 6.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 65/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Tension
  • Nostalgia

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Nostalgia

Humor
Tension
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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 18 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorTensionNostalgia
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor62 %62 %33 %22 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor59 %57 %26 %11 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Humor55 %51 %21 %6 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Humor54 %50 %21 %6 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Humor57 %54 %29 %3 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Humor57 %51 %39 %0 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Humor56 %50 %39 %3 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Humor57 %51 %34 %6 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Humor58 %50 %39 %9 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Humor57 %51 %46 %13 %
52.5 %≈ 53′Humor60 %55 %45 %16 %
57.5 %≈ 58′Humor61 %55 %39 %15 %
62.5 %≈ 63′Humor56 %49 %30 %16 %
67.5 %≈ 68′Humor55 %49 %28 %25 %
72.5 %≈ 73′Humor59 %51 %35 %24 %
77.5 %≈ 78′Sadness61 %50 %43 %11 %
82.5 %≈ 83′Humor64 %50 %50 %4 %
87.5 %≈ 88′Tension66 %46 %54 %6 %
92.5 %≈ 93′Sadness71 %44 %41 %29 %
97.5 %≈ 98′Nostalgia77 %47 %25 %58 %
Riches to rags

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

GF
Giorgio Faletti

GF
Giorgio Faletti

Prof. Martinelli

SM
Sarah Maestri

CM
Chiara Mastalli

CM
Chiara Mastalli

Simona

EG
Eros Galbiati

EB
Elena Bouryka

VI
Valentina Idini

MA
Marco Aceti

EC
Eleonora Ceci

Loredana

AP
Armando Pizzuti

Santilli

EA
Enrica Ajò

Principessa Leila

MU
Matteo Urzia

Roberto

VF
Valeria Fabrizi

Nonna Adele

RM
Riccardo Miniggio

Ludovico

EB
Eleonora Brigliadori

Mamma di Simona

EC
Edoardo Costa

Ottavio

DP
Daniela Poggi

Gabriella

CS
Carola Stagnaro

Mamma di Riccardo

Details

Directed by
Fausto Brizzi
Written by
Fausto Brizzi, Marco Martani, Massimiliano Bruno, Giannandrea Pecorelli
Type
Movies
Released
2006
Runtime
100 min
Country
Italy
Genres
Comedy
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.4 · 6,016 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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