Stranger than Paradise

A slow, reflective drama about lonely people finding connection, with moments of quiet beauty and emotional weight.

Genres

Drama

Starring

Uhm Tae-woong, Kim Min-joung, Lee Sung-jae

Overview

Yun-Jae is a lonely but successful lawyer who was abandoned as a child and adopted to Canada. One day, he goes back to Korea after receiving word that his birth family was found. But he fails to meet his family and after returning to Canada, finds out that a trusted colleague and his girlfriend have both betrayed him. He loses the will to live and jumps off of a cruise ship. However he is rescued along with Hee-ran, a popular singer who jumped off the cruise ship at the same time he did. Yun-Jae and Hee-Ran who meet in this unusual way, take a beautiful journey through Canada together and part after a sweet farewell kiss. San-Ho, grew up in a family that was so poor that his parents were forced to abandon his older brother as a child. And he becomes Hee-Ran’s road manager in the hopes of becoming successful. Although people don’t take him seriously, he is full of ambition and aims to become one of the most powerful men in the entertainment industry.

How it feels

Melancholic, romantic, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Isolation, identity, betrayal, ambition

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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