2026 | Netherlands | Fiction

Movement Song

  • English 96 mins
  • Director | Mayis Rukel
  • Writer | Mayis Rukel
  • Producer | Mayis Rukel

STATUS: Released

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The power of literature, the value of archiving, and the beauty of our memories converge in this remarkable fictional documentary, Movement Song. The film centres on Noa, a researcher who, after a period of heartbreak, travels to St. Paul-de-Vence – a small village in the south of France that was home to James Baldwin in his final years. After a painful break-up, Amsterdam-based researcher Noa is in mourning. She keeps dreaming about meeting her ex-lover Anna in the dunes by the sea, and about a mysterious glass hammer. When Noa tries to uncover the meaning of this object, she meets Saffron, a fellow lover of literature, poetry and theoretical research.

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