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The Night of the Shooting Stars

1982 · 105 min · Director: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani ★ IMDb 7.2 · 5,117 ratings

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The Night of San Lorenzo, the night of the shooting stars, is the night when dreams come true in Italian folklore. In 1944, a group of Italians flee their town after hearing rumours that the Nazis plan to blow it up and that the Americans are about to arrive to liberate them.

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The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Sadness 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Hope10%

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

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Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Tension. Its IMDb rating of 7.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.

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  • Sadness
  • Tension
  • Hope

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Humor

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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.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 78 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessTensionHope
2.5 %≈ 3′Love50 %8 %28 %32 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Tension55 %14 %44 %29 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Tension59 %19 %55 %28 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Tension66 %24 %65 %29 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Tension76 %41 %73 %27 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Sadness75 %49 %60 %30 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Hope70 %39 %50 %34 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Tension71 %43 %60 %26 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Tension69 %50 %60 %21 %
47.5 %≈ 50′Sadness66 %56 %49 %24 %
52.5 %≈ 55′Sadness65 %57 %44 %34 %
57.5 %≈ 60′Hope60 %39 %36 %43 %
62.5 %≈ 66′Humor57 %19 %26 %43 %
67.5 %≈ 71′Hope65 %26 %40 %36 %
72.5 %≈ 76′Tension83 %55 %75 %19 %
77.5 %≈ 81′Tension93 %75 %86 %11 %
82.5 %≈ 87′Sadness89 %73 %63 %25 %
87.5 %≈ 92′Love80 %51 %30 %45 %
92.5 %≈ 97′Hope71 %31 %9 %55 %
97.5 %≈ 102′Love67 %23 %2 %52 %
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

OA
Omero Antonutti

Galvano

MG
Miriam Guidelli

EM
Enrica Maria Modugno

SV
Sabina Vannucchi

GN
Giorgio Naddi

MG
Micol Guidelli

RZ
Renata Zamengo

RZ
Renata Zamengo

La Scardigli

MS
Massimo Sarchielli

Father Marmugi

GG
Giovanni Guidelli

Marmugi Junior

MS
Mario Spallino

Bruno

PH
Paolo Hendel

Dilvo

DC
Dario Cantarelli

Priest

SD
Sergi Dagliana

Olinto

AD
Andrea Di Bari

Rosanna's Fascist Cousin

GF
Giuseppe Furia

Requiem

GG
Graziella Galvani

Signora Migliorati

VG
Vinicio Gioli

Belindia's Father

Details

Written by
Tonino Guerra, Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Giuliani G. De Negri
Type
Movies
Released
1982
Runtime
105 min
Country
Italy
Genres
Drama, War
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.2 · 5,117 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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