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Scheme Birds

2019 · 87 min · Director: Ellen Fiske, Ellinor Hallin ★ IMDb 7.2 · 567 ratings

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As her adolescence gives way to the obligations of motherhood, troubled Gemma matures in Motherwell, her Scottish hometown, heavily dependent on the steel industry. Unfortunately for her, her hedonistic way of understanding the world does not fit in with the philosophy of the rest of the villagers, so trouble soon follows.

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Scheme Birds (2019) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Sadness 25%, Melancholy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Hope10%

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

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Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Melancholy. Its IMDb rating of 7.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 67/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Hope

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Relief

Dominant emotion: Hope

Empathy
Sadness
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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.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 48 %, then peaks around 63 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessHope
2.5 %≈ 2′Tension50 %32 %22 %8 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Tension49 %30 %19 %11 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Tension43 %29 %20 %11 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Sadness43 %35 %29 %15 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Empathy48 %45 %31 %30 %
27.5 %≈ 24′Empathy53 %49 %29 %40 %
32.5 %≈ 28′Tension59 %51 %34 %35 %
37.5 %≈ 33′Empathy60 %55 %43 %25 %
42.5 %≈ 37′Empathy48 %43 %31 %14 %
47.5 %≈ 41′Empathy38 %30 %19 %10 %
52.5 %≈ 46′Sadness50 %41 %35 %13 %
57.5 %≈ 50′Sadness75 %65 %63 %11 %
62.5 %≈ 54′Sadness86 %80 %76 %16 %
67.5 %≈ 59′Sadness79 %78 %73 %25 %
72.5 %≈ 63′Sadness69 %69 %64 %25 %
77.5 %≈ 67′Sadness68 %68 %55 %30 %
82.5 %≈ 72′Relief74 %74 %52 %44 %
87.5 %≈ 76′Empathy75 %74 %56 %51 %
92.5 %≈ 80′Hope68 %60 %43 %56 %
97.5 %≈ 85′Hope62 %47 %22 %60 %
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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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Directed by
Ellen Fiske, Ellinor Hallin
Written by
Ellen Fiske, Ellinor Hallin
Type
Movies
Released
2019
Runtime
87 min
Country
Sweden, United Kingdom
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.2 · 567 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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