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La Bête Humaine

1938 · 98 min · Director: Jean Renoir ★ IMDb 7.5 · 9,159 ratings

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Returning by train to the French port of Le Havre, Jacques Lantier, a tormented railwayman, meets by chance the impulsive stationmaster Roubard and Séverine, his wife.

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La Bête Humaine (1938) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Tension 25%, Love 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 Anxiety, Tension, Love. Genres: Thriller, Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Tension and Love. Its IMDb rating of 7.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Sadness
  • Disturbing

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Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Sadness
Disturbing
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 13 %, then peaks around 88 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSadnessDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 2′Disturbing45 %35 %17 %33 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Tension33 %26 %6 %14 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Love29 %20 %8 %8 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Empathy43 %30 %25 %26 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Disturbing55 %46 %30 %40 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Tension62 %59 %20 %43 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Tension70 %69 %15 %49 %
37.5 %≈ 37′Tension69 %69 %14 %48 %
42.5 %≈ 42′Tension63 %61 %18 %41 %
47.5 %≈ 47′Empathy61 %57 %28 %41 %
52.5 %≈ 51′Tension64 %51 %36 %40 %
57.5 %≈ 56′Empathy59 %34 %34 %26 %
62.5 %≈ 61′Love56 %31 %25 %29 %
67.5 %≈ 66′Disturbing69 %55 %31 %55 %
72.5 %≈ 71′Tension69 %63 %40 %55 %
77.5 %≈ 76′Sadness57 %48 %45 %36 %
82.5 %≈ 81′Sadness67 %54 %54 %43 %
87.5 %≈ 86′Tension70 %63 %48 %48 %
92.5 %≈ 91′Sadness61 %50 %45 %40 %
97.5 %≈ 96′Sadness68 %47 %62 %52 %
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

FL
Fernand Ledoux

Roubaud

BB
Blanchette Brunoy

GL
Gérard Landry

GL
Gérard Landry

Dauvergne

JH
Jenny Hélia

CR
Colette Régis

CG
Claire Gérard

CG
Claire Gérard

Voyager

CC
Charlotte Clasis

JB
Jacques Berlioz

Grandmorin

TC
Tony Corteggiani

Dabadie

AT
André Tavernier

Examining Magistrate Denizet

JR
Jacques Roussel

Commissaire Cauche

MP
Marcel Pérès

Lamplighter

JR
Jean Renoir

Cabuche

Details

Directed by
Jean Renoir
Type
Movies
Released
1938
Runtime
98 min
Country
France
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.5 · 9,159 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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