Come See the Paradise
“In 1942 over 100,000 Americans were interned in prison camps. In America.”
In this drama from director Alan Parker, on-the-lam Jack McGurn flees to Los Angeles and takes a job as a projectionist at a movie theater owned by a Japanese-American man. Jack falls for the owner's daughter, Lily, but they are forced to elope to Seattle when her father forbids the relationship. The couple marry and have a daughter, but when World War II breaks out, Jack is powerless to stop his new family's forced internment.
A sweeping, tragic romance that captures the ache of forbidden love against the harsh realities of war and prejudice. It's a deeply emotional journey filled with tender moments and devastating heartbreak, leaving a lasting impression of love's resilience.
