What Cloud Atlas does exceptionally well from the beginning is to give the viewer the feeling that something profound is unfolding before them.

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Comparing notes afterward with other attendees, we all shared the feeling that he had touched us in some profound way.

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The feeling of isolation, and rejection, is profound.

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