That Most Important Thing: Love
1975 · 113 min · Director: Andrzej Żuławski
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Servais Mont, a freelance photographer who works taking compromising photos, gets fascinated by Nadine Chevalier, a tormented low-budget movie actress married to an eccentric film photo collector.
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That Most Important Thing: Love (1975) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 35%, Empathy 25%, Melancholy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Sadness35%
- Empathy25%
- Melancholy20%
- Love10%
- Anxiety10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Empathy, Melancholy. Genres: Drama, Romance. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Melancholy. Its IMDb rating of 7.0/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.
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Emotional journey
- Sadness
- Empathy
- Tension
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Love
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Sadness | Empathy | Tension |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Tension | 57 % | 30 % | 48 % | 50 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 8′ | Empathy | 43 % | 21 % | 36 % | 34 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 14′ | Empathy | 35 % | 19 % | 29 % | 25 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 20′ | Sadness | 43 % | 26 % | 33 % | 33 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 25′ | Tension | 46 % | 28 % | 33 % | 38 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 31′ | Tension | 49 % | 33 % | 36 % | 38 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 37′ | Sadness | 56 % | 45 % | 45 % | 35 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 42′ | Sadness | 57 % | 44 % | 44 % | 34 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 48′ | Empathy | 55 % | 39 % | 43 % | 39 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 54′ | Sadness | 51 % | 36 % | 40 % | 38 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 59′ | Sadness | 49 % | 33 % | 36 % | 36 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 65′ | Tension | 56 % | 38 % | 41 % | 49 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 71′ | Tension | 65 % | 46 % | 49 % | 58 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 76′ | Sadness | 70 % | 56 % | 60 % | 57 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 82′ | Sadness | 65 % | 54 % | 59 % | 51 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 88′ | Sadness | 61 % | 49 % | 54 % | 48 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 93′ | Sadness | 75 % | 65 % | 68 % | 51 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 99′ | Sadness | 80 % | 73 % | 73 % | 50 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 105′ | Sadness | 71 % | 60 % | 64 % | 43 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 110′ | Love | 68 % | 52 % | 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
Madame Mazelli
Laurent Messala
Woman with the Dildo
Doctor in the Hospital / Actor in the Theatre
Actor in the Theatre
Victor
Manuel Rosenthal
Messala's wife
Details
- Directed by
- Andrzej Żuławski
- Written by
- Christopher Frank, Andrzej Żuławski
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1975
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Country
- France, Germany, Italy
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Sadness
- Data updated
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