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Frances

1982 · 140 min · Director: Graeme Clifford ★ IMDb 7.2 · 9,514 ratings

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The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.

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Frances (1982) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 35%, Empathy 25%, Anxiety 15%. 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, Empathy, Anxiety. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Anxiety. 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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Emotional journey

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  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Disturbing

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Empathy
Sadness
Disturbing
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 23 %, then rises around 73 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 4′Tension45 %37 %10 %13 %
7.5 %≈ 11′Hope45 %36 %10 %13 %
12.5 %≈ 18′Hope45 %33 %10 %13 %
17.5 %≈ 25′Hope45 %31 %14 %13 %
22.5 %≈ 32′Hope44 %34 %19 %13 %
27.5 %≈ 39′Hope46 %40 %26 %14 %
32.5 %≈ 46′Sadness54 %50 %41 %16 %
37.5 %≈ 53′Sadness58 %53 %46 %20 %
42.5 %≈ 60′Tension65 %53 %41 %35 %
47.5 %≈ 67′Tension73 %57 %41 %53 %
52.5 %≈ 74′Empathy71 %60 %44 %60 %
57.5 %≈ 81′Disturbing71 %63 %46 %60 %
62.5 %≈ 88′Empathy65 %61 %41 %43 %
67.5 %≈ 95′Empathy61 %60 %40 %32 %
72.5 %≈ 102′Empathy75 %70 %56 %55 %
77.5 %≈ 109′Disturbing85 %78 %70 %71 %
82.5 %≈ 116′Sadness86 %79 %74 %73 %
87.5 %≈ 123′Disturbing91 %83 %79 %85 %
92.5 %≈ 130′Sadness93 %84 %85 %77 %
97.5 %≈ 137′Sadness88 %82 %87 %48 %
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

Sam Shepard

Harry York

KS
Kim Stanley

BB
Bart Burns

BB
Bart Burns

Ernest Farmer

CP
Christopher Pennock

SC
Sarah Cunningham

SC
Sarah Cunningham

Alma Styles

Jack Riley

Bob Barnes

DL
Darrell Larson

Louella's Spy

JC
Jordan Charney

Harold Clurman

John Randolph

Kindly Judge

Keone Young

Docteur chinois

BB
Bonnie Bartlett

Styliste de studio

Jeffrey DeMunn

Clifford Odets

Lane Smith

Docteur Symington

Jonathan Banks

Hitchhiker

JB
James Brodhead

Desk Sergeant

Details

Directed by
Graeme Clifford
Written by
Nicholas Kazan, Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren
Type
Movies
Released
1982
Runtime
140 min
Country
United States of America
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.2 · 9,514 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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