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The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

1970 · 95 min · Director: Vittorio De Sica ★ IMDb 7.2 · 8,545 ratings

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In 1930s Italy, a wealthy Jewish family tries to maintain their privileged lifestyle, hosting friends for tennis and parties at their villa. As anti-Semitism intensifies under Fascism, they must ultimately face the horrors of the Holocaust.

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The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 35%, Melancholy 25%, Empathy 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 Sadness, Melancholy, Empathy. Genres: Drama, History. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Melancholy and Empathy. Its IMDb rating of 7.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Sadness
  • Empathy
  • Tension

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Nostalgia

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Sadness
Empathy
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 3 %, then rises around 53 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessEmpathyTension
2.5 %≈ 2′Not enough subtitle evidence25 %5 %10 %14 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Tension34 %10 %16 %16 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Nostalgia44 %14 %20 %21 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Tension47 %20 %27 %34 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Empathy45 %28 %34 %38 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Nostalgia41 %29 %34 %31 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Sadness43 %31 %37 %33 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Empathy50 %37 %46 %39 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Empathy48 %34 %41 %37 %
47.5 %≈ 45′Sadness50 %39 %40 %35 %
52.5 %≈ 50′Sadness63 %52 %53 %48 %
57.5 %≈ 55′Tension70 %54 %61 %59 %
62.5 %≈ 59′Sadness65 %53 %57 %56 %
67.5 %≈ 64′Sadness65 %53 %52 %55 %
72.5 %≈ 69′Tension71 %49 %48 %65 %
77.5 %≈ 74′Tension70 %49 %49 %65 %
82.5 %≈ 78′Sadness74 %58 %61 %66 %
87.5 %≈ 83′Tension85 %69 %75 %78 %
92.5 %≈ 88′Sadness90 %79 %84 %83 %
97.5 %≈ 93′Sadness92 %86 %88 %81 %
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

LC
Lino Capolicchio

FT
Fabio Testi

Bruno

HB
Helmut Berger

Alberto

CC
Camillo Cesarei

IA
Inna Alexeievna

KM
Katina Morisani

BP
Barbara Pilavin

BP
Barbara Pilavin

madre di Giorgio

MB
Michael Berger

EG
Ettore Geri

Pierotti

RC
Raffaele Curi

Ernesto, fratello di Giorgio

GD
Gianpaolo Duregon

MG
Marcella Gentile

CB
Cinzia Bruno

Micól giovane

AD
Alessandro D'Alatri

Giorgio giovane

FN
Franco Nebbia

Professor De Marchis

ET
Edoardo Toniolo

Direttore della biblioteca

CA
Camillo Angelini-Rota

Details

Directed by
Vittorio De Sica
Written by
Ugo Pirro, Vittorio Bonicelli, Giorgio Bassani
Type
Movies
Released
1970
Runtime
95 min
Country
Germany, Italy
Genres
Drama, History
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.2 · 8,545 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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