What Do You Think Paul Was Trying to Atone For By Carrying A Cross?
When we see Paul (Will Patton) carrying that cross, I kept thinking that something must have happened in his life that made him feel the need to do the kind of penance. He showed Jacob money from the Korean War era so perhaps he was in the armed forces and something happened then? Whatever the reason, it was one of the most moving parts of the film.
For me, Paul and Grandma Soonja (Yuh-Jung Youn) were the film's most interesting characters. You could probably craft entirely separate films for those characters that would be worth watching.