Faradis (“Paradise” in Arabic), a picturesque fishermen’s village overlooking the Mediterranean, is a Palestinian enclave inside the state of Israel, with a history that echoes stories of massacre and deportation. When the director investigates the secret past of her village, she learns more than she expects; as she uncovers the story of the village’s mythic “bad girl,” her troubles begin. Paradise Lost acts as a film-diary which recreates a lost history and re-defines modern womanhood within traditional Arab village life.