In the AI era, questioning the reality of motherhood… Yeon Sang-ho’s new film ‘Paradise Lost’

Director Yeon Sang-ho's low-budget film 'Silnaktan' is set to be released on the 21st. The movie is set in a small town near a coal mine in the near future where AI is used to visually recreate the deceased. The film stars Kim Hyun-joo as a mother who lost her 10-year-old son and uses an AI program called 'Children of Paradise' to reunite with him.

As the story unfolds, the mother is faced with a dilemma when she meets her son, now 19, who has been found alive but is unrecognizable, and the AI replica of her son. The film explores themes of human identity and value in a world where AI can learn and replicate human characteristics.