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Inventing Paradise

2025

A heavy, sorrowful watch that sits with a family's devastation and asks you to stay present through the quiet aftermath.

Directed by
Brady Jacquin
Genres
Drama
Starring
Sierra Cevasco, Chris Jehnert, J.D. Starnes
Overview
Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son is tragically murdered.

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Directed by
Brady Jacquin
Genres
Drama
Starring
Sierra Cevasco, Chris Jehnert, J.D. Starnes
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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • family
  • death
  • trauma
  • healing
Places
  • suburbs
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity4
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Brady Jacquin
Written by
Jeffrey B. Wayne, Kenneth Price, Soren Carr
Starring
Sierra Cevasco, Chris Jehnert, J.D. Starnes, Monanik 'Moe' Dugar, Huntly Plantz, Dallas Mikeal Bradshaw, Olivia Pandure, Lindsey Greer
Cinematography
Stephen Lemieux
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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