Director Yeon Sang-ho's New Film 'Paradise Lost' Released 5 Months After 'Colony'

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Here is the latest movie release news. This week features the release of director Yeon Sang-ho's new film "Paradise Lost" and the animation "The Pig That Survived Foot-and-Mouth Disease," which has received high acclaim both domestically and internationally.

Reporter Lee Joo-hyoung has the story.

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[Paradise Lost / Director: Yeon Sang-ho / Starring: Kim Hyeonju, Bae Hyun-sung]

Prolific director Yeon Sang-ho, who works across both films and series, has released the psychological thriller "Paradise Lost" about 5 months after "Colony."

A mother who lost her son in a group child disappearance case eases her grief by meeting a virtual son created with AI technology, but then one day, her son returns after a full 9 years.

Actor Kim Hyeonju, the director's persona, plays the mother who falls into confusion upon seeing her vastly changed son.

[Kim Hyeonju / Actor: "The director gave the script to the actor and said it was a work to appreciate how the actor Kim Hyeonju interprets the work he wrote."]

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[A Place to Hide / Director: Hong Sangsoo / Starring: Choi Myung-gil, Kwon Hae-hyo, Kim Minhee, Shin Seok-ho]

Director Hong Sangsoo's 35th feature film "A Place to Hide," which won three awards including Best Director and Best Performance at the Locarno Film Festival last August, has been released domestically.

Even the trailers for Director Hong's films released to the press and the public are becoming shorter and simpler, featuring camera movements and dialogues as monotonously simplified as they are witty yet sharp.

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[Still Brilliant / Director: Song Il-gon / Starring: Kim Hye-ja, Cha Mi-kyung]

"Still Brilliant," which marks actor Kim Hye-ja's return to the screen after a long hiatus, depicts the dreams and friendship of two women who were best friends during the Japanese colonial period, separated by the tragic era, and reunited after 60 years.

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[Killing Time / Director: Chang Jun-yup / Starring: Ryu Hyeyoung, Nam Yoon-su]

"Killing Time" is a thriller about people who gained popularity through provocative internet broadcasts before falling into ruin, who then do a broadcast from an abandoned hospital for a comeback only to be chased by an unidentifiable entity.

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[Verity / Director: Michael Showalter / Starring: Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, Josh Hartnett]

"Verity" is a thriller film based on the bestselling novel of the same name that has sold 10 million copies worldwide.

Actor Anne Hathaway, who has been very active lately and rising in popularity, stars as Verity, a bestselling author with a disability from a car accident, while Dakota Johnson plays Verity's ghostwriter.

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[The Pig That Survived Foot-and-Mouth Disease / Director: Huh Bum-wook]

"The Pig That Survived Foot-and-Mouth Disease" is an animated film with the powerful core synopsis: "A pig trying to become human, a human trying to become a beast."

It has been invited to around 30 domestic and international film festivals, including the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, and won the Grand Prize at the 50th Seoul Independent Film Festival.

It combines motion capture technology, used for the first time in a domestic feature animation, with unique artwork.

(Photo: Lim Woo-sik, Video Editing: Jeon Mingyu)
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