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Heart of Light: Eleven Songs for Fiji

2026 · 166 min

A slow, contemplative return home that drifts between memory and landscape, asking quiet questions about belonging and what a life abroad leaves behind.

Directed by
Cynthia Beatt
Genres
Documentary, Drama
Overview
After decades abroad, Iona returns to her childhood home on Fiji, sensing that there she might find the answers to many questions she has about civilisation and its discontent.
How it feels
Melancholic, earnest, warm and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Identity, memory, isolation, nature
Content
Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
Note
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Directed by
Cynthia Beatt
Genres
Documentary, Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism6
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Genres
documentary, drama
Directed by
Cynthia Beatt
Written by
Cynthia Beatt
Starring
Tilda Swinton, Talei Draunibaka, Sereima Divavani, Simon Fisher-Turner, Peter Knaack, Lasarusa Moce, Esekaia Tukai Sovea
Cinematography
Jenny Lou Ziegel
Runtime
166 min
Country
Germany, France
Languages
English, Fijian, German

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