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Hands Over the City

1963 · 101 min · Director: Francesco Rosi ★ IMDb 7.6 · 3,741 ratings

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Prior to a city council election, the collapse of a building leaves a land developer and his political backers defending themselves against a scandal.

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Hands Over the City (1963) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anger 30%, Anxiety 25%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Anger, Anxiety, Empathy. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anger, Anxiety and Empathy. Its IMDb rating of 7.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Anger
  • Tension
  • Empathy

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Anger

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Anger
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. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity peaks around 13 %, then peaks around 38 %, then dips around 63 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityAngerTensionEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity45 %35 %30 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
12.5 %≈ 13′Sadness72 %50 %57 %53 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Anger65 %54 %54 %34 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Anger57 %50 %44 %15 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Curiosity59 %49 %39 %18 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Anger68 %54 %40 %41 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Empathy74 %56 %45 %64 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Anger73 %61 %56 %64 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Anger64 %59 %56 %45 %
52.5 %≈ 53′Anger59 %53 %51 %23 %
57.5 %≈ 58′Anger57 %49 %50 %10 %
62.5 %≈ 63′Curiosity51 %39 %44 %8 %
67.5 %≈ 68′Curiosity51 %38 %43 %15 %
72.5 %≈ 73′Anger59 %50 %45 %25 %
77.5 %≈ 78′Anger64 %56 %49 %21 %
82.5 %≈ 83′Tension64 %53 %55 %16 %
87.5 %≈ 88′Anger66 %56 %59 %21 %
92.5 %≈ 93′Anger71 %64 %55 %28 %
97.5 %≈ 98′Anger72 %63 %47 %32 %
Oedipus

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

Rod Steiger

Edoardo Nottola

MC
Marcello Cannavale

DD
Dante Di Pinto

AC
Alberto Conocchia

CF
Carlo Fermariello

TC
Terenzio Cordova

GG
Gaetano Grimaldi Filioli

AD
Angelo D'Alessandro

VM
Vincenzo Metafora

Mayor

DP
Dany París

Dany

AA
Alberto Amato

City Councillor (uncredited)

EA
Ennio Antonelli

Man in angry mob in Town Council (uncredited)

RF
Renzo Farinelli

Jounalist (uncredited)

PM
Pasquale Martino

Head of the archive (uncredited)

MP
Mario Perelli

Head of the technical office (uncredited)

FR
Franco Rigamonte

City Councillor (uncredited)

RT
Renato Terra

Jounalist (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Francesco Rosi
Written by
Francesco Rosi, Enzo Provenzale, Enzo Forcella, Raffaele La Capria
Type
Movies
Released
1963
Runtime
101 min
Country
Italy
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.6 · 3,741 ratings
Feels mostly
Anger
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