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Mandela Effect

Feature · Sci-Fi Action Thriller · In Development

Written by Sann Lee​​

A detective dives into the past to fight an organization that rewrites history for political assassinations — and to bring back the son no one else remembers.

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Synopsis

Tae-ho, an inspector on a counterterrorism unit, has exceptional eyesight and a prodigious memory. He is certain he had a five-year-old son, Young-mo — but neither his wife nor his colleagues remember the boy. Dismissed as a madman, he is approached by Ri-woo, a researcher for an organization that monitors tampering with the timeline, who hands him a tape of Tae-ho and Young-mo together. A mysterious group has been changing the past to erase politically important figures — and Young-mo was erased along with them. Travelers can only reach places in the past that were covered by CCTV and their immediate surroundings, and each must die, be broken down to the quantum level and be reassembled. To get his son back, Tae-ho throws himself into the agonizing journey.

Characters

Lee Tae-ho (41, M)

An inspector on a counterterrorism unit. Exceptional eyesight and a genius memory. His conviction that only he can be right is his weakness.

Shin-yeon (40, F)

Tae-ho's wife. Doesn't believe Young-mo ever existed — “It's just your fantasy” — and drifts away.

Young-mo (5, M)

The erased son. Survives only in Tae-ho's memory and on the tape.

Seo Ri-woo (30, F)

An agent and researcher for an organization that reverses timeline tampering. Hands Tae-ho the tape and guides him. Has suffered a loss of her own.

​About the Writer

Sann Lee

​Director of Production, Uncut Gem

​Screenwriter · Film Director


<Mountain Crawler> writer-director · International festival awards
20+ years in global brand & marketing
AI · VFX filmmaking and previsualization (previz) specialist
Writer-director of <Limbo>, <Liminal>, <Mandela Effect> and more

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