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Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others

1974 · 113 min · Director: Claude Sautet ★ IMDb 7.3 · 3,025 ratings

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Three friends navigate mid-life crises: a blocked writer, a disillusioned doctor, and a charming man facing bankruptcy and divorce. As their struggles strain friendships, a younger man captures the attention of one friend's wife, complicating their lives further.

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Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others (1974) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 35%, Melancholy 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

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

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Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Melancholy and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Sadness
  • Empathy
  • Tension

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Relief

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 dips around 13 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessEmpathyTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor43 %0 %10 %32 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Tension48 %6 %15 %38 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Sadness42 %21 %25 %31 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Sadness44 %34 %34 %34 %
22.5 %≈ 25′Tension56 %41 %43 %49 %
27.5 %≈ 31′Sadness60 %41 %46 %53 %
32.5 %≈ 37′Tension54 %35 %41 %48 %
37.5 %≈ 42′Sadness54 %40 %44 %45 %
42.5 %≈ 48′Empathy55 %41 %50 %39 %
47.5 %≈ 54′Relief46 %25 %41 %30 %
52.5 %≈ 59′Tension44 %18 %31 %35 %
57.5 %≈ 65′Tension48 %24 %31 %40 %
62.5 %≈ 71′Sadness49 %35 %39 %33 %
67.5 %≈ 76′Sadness56 %50 %50 %29 %
72.5 %≈ 82′Sadness64 %60 %56 %26 %
77.5 %≈ 88′Sadness65 %59 %59 %26 %
82.5 %≈ 93′Empathy68 %48 %59 %45 %
87.5 %≈ 99′Tension70 %40 %54 %60 %
92.5 %≈ 105′Relief68 %46 %51 %45 %
97.5 %≈ 110′Sadness65 %55 %55 %25 %
Oedipus

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

Serge Reggiani

Paul, écrivain, journaliste

Gérard Depardieu

Jean Lavallée, ami de Vincent

AL
Antonella Lualdi

AL
Antonella Lualdi

Julia, la femme de Paul

CA
Catherine Allégret

CA
Catherine Allégret

Colette, la petite amie de Jean

PM
Pierre Maguelon

Farina

BB
Betty Beckers

Myriam

NV
Nicolas Vogel

Clovis, la patron de la brasserie

YG
Yves Gabrielli

Michel

MB
Myriam Boyer

Laurence

MT
Maurice Travail

M. Montubert, le comptable de Vincent

JL
Jean Lagache

L'adjoint de Becaru

RL
Robert Le Béal

Le père de Marie

DL
Daniel Lecourtois

Georges

Details

Directed by
Claude Sautet
Written by
Claude Sautet, Jean-Loup Dabadie, Claude Néron
Type
Movies
Released
1974
Runtime
113 min
Country
France, Italy
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 3,025 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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