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The Woman Next Door

1981 · 106 min · Director: François Truffaut ★ IMDb 7.2 · 9,706 ratings

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Two ex-lovers wind up living next door to each other with their respective spouses. Forbidden passions ensue.

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The Woman Next Door (1981) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Love 35%, Anxiety 25%, Melancholy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love35%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Love, Anxiety, Melancholy. Genres: Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Love, Anxiety and Melancholy. Its IMDb rating of 7.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sadness
  • Sympathy
  • Love

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Sadness
Sympathy
Love
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 8 %, then rises around 28 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessSympathyLove
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity42 %7 %8 %12 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Curiosity41 %8 %11 %11 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Tension41 %14 %20 %10 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Sympathy45 %26 %35 %16 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Sympathy44 %27 %39 %26 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Love48 %18 %31 %43 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Love61 %14 %26 %64 %
37.5 %≈ 40′Love59 %18 %25 %60 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Love51 %29 %31 %40 %
47.5 %≈ 50′Sadness61 %44 %44 %33 %
52.5 %≈ 56′Tension64 %39 %41 %30 %
57.5 %≈ 61′Love55 %23 %28 %28 %
62.5 %≈ 66′Tension59 %30 %35 %29 %
67.5 %≈ 72′Sympathy64 %51 %54 %29 %
72.5 %≈ 77′Sadness56 %54 %53 %25 %
77.5 %≈ 82′Sadness56 %54 %53 %19 %
82.5 %≈ 87′Sadness69 %66 %68 %16 %
87.5 %≈ 93′Sympathy65 %55 %61 %26 %
92.5 %≈ 98′Love63 %45 %50 %35 %
97.5 %≈ 103′Sadness78 %65 %60 %32 %
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

Gérard Depardieu

Bernard Coudray

Fanny Ardant

Mathilde Bauchard

HG
Henri Garcin

HG
Henri Garcin

Philippe Bauchard

MB
Michèle Baumgartner

RV
Roger Van Hool

RV
Roger Van Hool

Roland Duguet

PM
Philippe Morier-Genoud

NV
Nicole Vauthier

MC
Muriel Combe

OB
Olivier Becquaert

SP
Serge Papagalli

Journalist

CC
Catherine Crassac

Woman in the Hotel's Staircase (uncredited)

JP
Jacques Preisach

Man in the Hotel's Staircase (uncredited)

RT
Roland Thénot

Estate Agent (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
François Truffaut
Type
Movies
Released
1981
Runtime
106 min
Country
France
Genres
Drama, Romance
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.2 · 9,706 ratings
Feels mostly
Love
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