[Dispatch=Reporter Jung Tae-yoon] The film 'Real Paradise' (directed by Yeon Sang-ho) has confirmed its official screening schedule at the 51st Toronto International Film Festival.
Director Yeon Sang-ho and actors Kim Hyun-joo and Bae Hyun-sung will arrive in Toronto on the 12th of next month (local time) in the morning and will immediately begin the festival schedule.
The world premiere will be held on the 13th of next month at 5:30 p.m. at the Royal Alexandra Theater.
Director Yeon Sang-ho, Kim Hyun-joo, and Bae Hyun-sung are expected to participate together in the red carpet and world premiere prior to the screening.
The Toronto International Film Festival is North America's largest film festival. It serves as a venue where distributors and media from around the world gather annually to check the initial reception of highly anticipated films in the latter half of the year.
'Real Paradise' will be revealed to the world for the first time here. Ahead of its domestic release in October, it is expected to serve as a platform to gauge the reactions of overseas audiences first.
'Real Paradise' tells the story of a mother who lost her son in a camping school bus disappearance incident nine years ago. So-young (played by Kim Hyun-joo) endures each day by relying on her young son within an AI program.
Then one day, her son Ryu Sunoo (played by Bae Hyun-sung), whom she only knew to be dead, returns home. The film depicts the story that unfolds as she begins cohabitation with her son, who has returned looking completely different from the child in her memory.
Director Yeon Sang-ho has been invited to Toronto for two consecutive years following the film 'The Face'. 'Real Paradise' will meet audiences in theaters in October.
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