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Sayen: Desert Road

2023 · 94 min · Director: Alexander Witt ★ IMDb 4.6 · 343 ratings

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Sayen follows a lead to the picturesque desolation of the Atacama Desert. There, she reluctantly teams up with a young Atacameño girl, Quimal, looking to clear her father’s name and save her town from becoming an arid wasteland due to Acteon’s exploitative water usage.

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Sayen: Desert Road (2023) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 30%, Tension 25%, Inspiration 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Each viewer contributes one response, split equally across their selected emotions. When available, an automated estimate supplies a prior that is blended with those responses. Counts include distinct viewers, not automated estimates or archived anonymous votes. Fewer than 3 viewers is an early estimate; more responses do not guarantee certainty.

Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Tension, Inspiration. Genres: Thriller, Action. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Tension and Inspiration. Its IMDb rating of 4.6/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 61/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Empathy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Anger

Tension
Curiosity
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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. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then dips around 18 %, then peaks around 78 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriosityEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 2′Tension63 %63 %43 %18 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Tension65 %61 %46 %30 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Sadness61 %50 %50 %45 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Curiosity58 %45 %51 %50 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Empathy63 %56 %44 %49 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Tension69 %68 %39 %44 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Tension66 %63 %49 %39 %
37.5 %≈ 35′Curiosity68 %60 %56 %36 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Tension75 %70 %46 %42 %
47.5 %≈ 45′Empathy74 %61 %33 %59 %
52.5 %≈ 49′Sadness71 %50 %28 %59 %
57.5 %≈ 54′Tension71 %51 %32 %49 %
62.5 %≈ 59′Sadness65 %43 %39 %48 %
67.5 %≈ 63′Anger61 %46 %39 %44 %
72.5 %≈ 68′Tension71 %69 %34 %44 %
77.5 %≈ 73′Tension84 %84 %34 %44 %
82.5 %≈ 78′Tension81 %78 %45 %44 %
87.5 %≈ 82′Sadness73 %65 %56 %45 %
92.5 %≈ 87′Tension72 %67 %62 %37 %
97.5 %≈ 92′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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

RM
Rallén Montenegro

EA
Enrique Arce

Máximo Torres

JL
Jorge López

JL
Jorge López

Gaspar

KS
Katalina Sanchez

CR
Claudio Riveros

CR
Claudio Riveros

Tito

EM
Eyal Meyer

EM
Eyal Meyer

Aguilar

CA
Camilo Arancibia

CB
Carlos Briones

CT
Claudio Troncoso

CT
Claudio Troncoso

Aukan

FC
Felipe Contreras

Tronco

MB
Mario Bustos

Yatiri

RG
Roberto García Ruiz

Bykov

TR
Teresa Ramos

Ilwen

FG
Francisca Gavilán

Salazar's wife

AS
Alejandro Silva

Manríquez's lawyer

ÁE
Álvaro Espinoza

Governor Manríquez

MJ
María Jesús Marcone

Newscaster

FE
Francisca Espinosa

Newscaster

JT
Jorge Torres

Newscaster

Details

Directed by
Alexander Witt
Written by
Julio Rojas, Paula del Fierro, Leticia Akel
Type
Movies
Released
2023
Runtime
94 min
Country
Chile
Ratings
★ IMDb 4.6 · 343 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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