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Pretty Baby

1978 · 110 min · Director: Louis Malle ★ IMDb 6.5 · 14,496 ratings

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In 1917 New Orleans, a 12-year-old girl is raised in a brothel by her prostitute mother.

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Pretty Baby (1978) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Anxiety 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

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

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Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Anxiety and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 6.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 67/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sympathy
  • Disturbing
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Sympathy
Disturbing
Tension
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 peaks around 48 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySympathyDisturbingTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension47 %32 %18 %37 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Curiosity39 %21 %20 %21 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Curiosity39 %18 %29 %16 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Curiosity45 %23 %36 %28 %
22.5 %≈ 25′Tension50 %33 %35 %36 %
27.5 %≈ 30′Sympathy51 %44 %32 %33 %
32.5 %≈ 36′Sympathy48 %40 %34 %28 %
37.5 %≈ 41′Curiosity55 %39 %46 %39 %
42.5 %≈ 47′Disturbing77 %60 %73 %64 %
47.5 %≈ 52′Disturbing84 %73 %80 %73 %
52.5 %≈ 58′Sympathy66 %61 %51 %53 %
57.5 %≈ 63′Sympathy53 %49 %29 %34 %
62.5 %≈ 69′Disturbing57 %51 %43 %40 %
67.5 %≈ 74′Sympathy71 %65 %64 %50 %
72.5 %≈ 80′Sympathy71 %66 %60 %45 %
77.5 %≈ 85′Sympathy65 %57 %46 %49 %
82.5 %≈ 91′Tension70 %57 %54 %56 %
87.5 %≈ 96′Disturbing71 %59 %64 %48 %
92.5 %≈ 102′Sympathy68 %60 %51 %44 %
97.5 %≈ 107′Sympathy70 %65 %37 %50 %
Man in a hole

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

FF
Frances Faye

Antonio Fargas

Professor

MA
Matthew Anton

DH
Don Hood

Alfred Fuller

SS
Seret Scott

Flora

CM
Cheryl Markowitz

Gussie

SM
Susan Manskey

Fanny

LZ
Laura Zimmerman

Agnes

MM
Miz Mary

Odette

MM
Mae Mercer

Mama Mosebery

PP
Pat Perkins

Ola Mae

VE
Von Eric Thomas

Nonny

SH
Sasha Holliday

Justine

LS
Lisa Shames

Antonia

Details

Directed by
Louis Malle
Written by
Louis Malle, Polly Platt
Type
Movies
Released
1978
Runtime
110 min
Country
United States of America
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.5 · 14,496 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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