Movie

Heidi

2015 · 111 min

A gentle, sunlit alpine story that warms the heart while tugging at it, with a child's longing for home at its centre.

Overview: Heidi, is an eight-year-old Swiss orphan who is given by her aunt to her mountain-dwelling grandfather. She is then stolen back by her aunt from her grandfather to live in the wealthy Sesemann household in Frankfurt, Germany as a companion to Klara, a sheltered, disabled girl in a wheelchair. Heidi is unhappy but makes the best of the situation, always longing for her grandfather.
How it feels: Warm, earnest, melancholic and uplifting. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Family, found family, loneliness, identity
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
found family
loneliness
identity
healing
Places: countryside
single country house
big city
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none