"Return to Light" is a visual exploration of the eternal journey of the soul. Metaphysical and cosmic, it can be thought of as the Pearses' version of 2001: A Space Odyssey; however, instead of flying around the solar system in space ships, it concentrates on the inner-cosmos of a human being, on the philosophical dimension of the suffering and transcendence of the human spirit. Considered to be "in the tradition of Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali" (Louis B. Parks, Houston Chronicle), Return to Light is a surrealistic tour-de-force with an unabashed link to the great art films of past decades.

When a husband's life is shattered by the sudden loss of his wife, he is forced for the first time to seriously confront the questions of life and death. As he grapples with the nature of his own oppressive reality, he becomes intuitively aware of his wife's presence. Soon he is able to freely communicate with his departed bride in their own private reality. Dealing with such concepts as "fate", "reincarnation" and "a higher purpose" of human life, she guides him step by step towards a greater spiritual awareness. The key element in this spiritual evolution is his quest for the Holy Grail and his recollection of "the greatest event of all time and the greatest tragedy" in human history that occurred in Germany in the years before the outbreak of WWII.