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A Passage to India

1984 · 163 min · Director: David Lean ★ IMDb 7.3 · 23,638 ratings

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Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.

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A Passage to India (1984) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Awe 30%, Empathy 25%, Anticipation 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Awe30%

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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 Awe, Empathy, Anticipation. Genres: Drama, History, Adventure. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Awe, Empathy and Anticipation. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 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
  • Tension
  • Empathy
  • Relief

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Empathy
Relief
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 83 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionEmpathyRelief
2.5 %≈ 4′Curiosity32 %16 %12 %2 %
7.5 %≈ 12′Tension35 %23 %19 %3 %
12.5 %≈ 20′Curiosity37 %24 %29 %4 %
17.5 %≈ 29′Empathy39 %19 %33 %5 %
22.5 %≈ 37′Curiosity38 %15 %31 %6 %
27.5 %≈ 45′Curiosity35 %18 %29 %7 %
32.5 %≈ 53′Empathy37 %20 %34 %6 %
37.5 %≈ 61′Empathy42 %21 %36 %7 %
42.5 %≈ 69′Curiosity45 %30 %30 %8 %
47.5 %≈ 77′Tension50 %44 %25 %6 %
52.5 %≈ 86′Tension60 %56 %34 %1 %
57.5 %≈ 94′Tension66 %63 %49 %1 %
62.5 %≈ 102′Tension68 %64 %53 %3 %
67.5 %≈ 110′Tension68 %65 %48 %2 %
72.5 %≈ 118′Tension70 %68 %46 %1 %
77.5 %≈ 126′Tension77 %72 %49 %22 %
82.5 %≈ 134′Relief77 %68 %55 %47 %
87.5 %≈ 143′Empathy68 %57 %56 %35 %
92.5 %≈ 151′Empathy61 %41 %56 %24 %
97.5 %≈ 159′Relief62 %25 %57 %35 %
Cinderella

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

Judy Davis

Adela Quested

VB
Victor Banerjee

James Fox

Richard Fielding

RW
Richard Wilson

RW
Richard Wilson

Mr. Turton

AP
Antonia Pemberton

MC
Michael Culver

AM
Art Malik

Art Malik

Mahmoud Ali

SJ
Saeed Jaffrey

Hamidullah

CS
Clive Swift

Major Callendar

AF
Ann Firbank

Mrs. Callendar

Roshan Seth

Amritrao

SH
Sandra Hotz

Stella

RK
Rashid Karapiet

Das

HK
H.S. Krishnamurthy

Hassan

IB
Ishaq Bux

Selim

MM
Moti Makan

Guide

MA
Mohammed Ashiq

Haq

Details

Directed by
David Lean
Written by
E.M. Forster, David Lean
Type
Movies
Released
1984
Runtime
163 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 23,638 ratings
Feels mostly
Awe
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