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Paradise Lost

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A bus carrying a group of children to camp vanishes. Only a few bodies are recovered before the case is cold-sealed. Among the grieving, So-young finds solace in reconnecting with her lost son, Sun-woo, through AR glasses. In the 9th year since his disappearance, the impossible happens: the real Sun-woo returns as an adult. But this shatters So-young's world once more--the real son is a cold stranger; the virtual son needs her more than ever. At the crossroads of loving guilt and manic salvation, she faces a devastating choice.

Critics Reviews

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Robert Daniels Screen International 3 days ago
Psychologically unconvincing and narratively muddled, Paradise Lost lacks the insight to make the most of its potentially provocative premise. Go to Full Review Cortlyn Kelly RogerEbert.com 4 days ago
Knowing the story is written by a mother-son duo provides some reasoning for the way the story unfolds and resolves, but there is a looming carelessness, an absence of logic. Go to Full Review Rachel West That Shelf 6 hrs ago
What could have been a resonant exploration of a mother’s grief and her inability to let go instead becomes a frustrating reminder of how much potential the film leaves unrealized. Go to Full Review George Bate Screen Rant 4 days ago
7/10
Paradise Lost leaves us with a somber warning about what happens when something designed to help us process our emotions and get through life adaptively becomes the very we depend on and can no longer live without. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Yeon Sang-ho

Director

Kim Hyun-joo

Actor

Bae Hyun-sung

Actor

Yoo Ji-wan

Actor

Lee Hyun-gyung

Actor

Kim So-wan

Actor
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Movie Info

Synopsis A bus carrying a group of children to camp vanishes. Only a few bodies are recovered before the case is cold-sealed. Among the grieving, So-young finds solace in reconnecting with her lost son, Sun-woo, through AR glasses. In the 9th year since his disappearance, the impossible happens: the real Sun-woo returns as an adult. But this shatters So-young's world once more--the real son is a cold stranger; the virtual son needs her more than ever. At the crossroads of loving guilt and manic salvation, she faces a devastating choice.
Director
Yeon Sang-ho
Producer
Hailey Yoomin Yang
Screenwriter
Yeon Sang-ho, Ryu Yong-jae
Production Co
WOWPOINT
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Sci-Fi
Original Language
Korean
Runtime
1h 41m
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