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A Zed & Two Noughts

1985 · 116 min · Director: Peter Greenaway ★ IMDb 7.2 · 8,244 ratings

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Identical twins Oliver and Oswald Deuce lose their wives in a car crash caused by a white swan. The brothers, who are zoologists, become obsessed with the death and decay of animals. They both have a relationship with Alba, the driver of the crashed car, who loses first one leg then the other. When Alba dies, the twins film their own death.

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A Zed & Two Noughts (1985) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Disturbing 30%, Melancholy 25%, Awe 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 Disturbing, Melancholy, Awe. Genres: Comedy, Drama. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Disturbing, Melancholy and Awe. 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

AI · from subtitles
  • Sadness
  • Disturbing
  • Humor

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Sadness
Disturbing
Humor
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 peaks around 3 %, then dips around 43 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessDisturbingHumor
2.5 %≈ 3′Sadness70 %58 %60 %27 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Sadness60 %45 %48 %33 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Curiosity50 %31 %34 %35 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Humor50 %26 %32 %39 %
22.5 %≈ 26′Humor59 %35 %37 %38 %
27.5 %≈ 32′Sadness64 %46 %40 %30 %
32.5 %≈ 38′Curiosity55 %34 %36 %29 %
37.5 %≈ 44′Curiosity48 %21 %34 %30 %
42.5 %≈ 49′Humor46 %25 %34 %32 %
47.5 %≈ 55′Humor46 %25 %31 %39 %
52.5 %≈ 61′Humor57 %35 %40 %43 %
57.5 %≈ 67′Sadness68 %51 %49 %40 %
62.5 %≈ 73′Curiosity60 %46 %40 %36 %
67.5 %≈ 78′Sadness55 %34 %36 %38 %
72.5 %≈ 84′Humor63 %29 %46 %39 %
77.5 %≈ 90′Disturbing65 %34 %49 %34 %
82.5 %≈ 96′Sadness61 %46 %43 %31 %
87.5 %≈ 102′Sadness68 %61 %53 %30 %
92.5 %≈ 107′Sadness75 %66 %68 %28 %
97.5 %≈ 113′Disturbing72 %57 %67 %28 %
Icarus

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

BD
Brian Deacon

Frances Barber

Venus de Milo

ED
Eric Deacon

Joss Ackland

Van Hoyten

JD
Jim Davidson

Joshua Plate

Wolf Kahler

Felipe Arc-en-Ciel

KC
Ken Campbell

Stephen Pipe

Gv
Guusje van Tilborgh

Caterina Bolnes

AB
Agnès Brulet

Beta Bewick

David Attenborough

Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice)

GT
Gerard Thoolen

Van Meegeren

Details

Directed by
Peter Greenaway
Type
Movies
Released
1985
Runtime
116 min
Country
United Kingdom, Netherlands
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.2 · 8,244 ratings
Feels mostly
Disturbing
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