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Past Lives
She didn't choose him. She didn't forget him either. Some goodbyes are how you honour who you used to be. 🌙
Who it's for
Nora left Seoul at twelve, and when her childhood friend Hae Sung visits New York decades later, the film sits with the ache of a life that might have been without turning it into a love triangle or an affair.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Past Lives is a 2023 drama written and directed by Celine Song in her feature debut, starring Greta Lee, Teo Yoo and John Magaro. It traces 24 years in the lives of Na Young (later Nora) and Hae Sung, childhood sweethearts in Seoul who are separated when her family emigrates to Canada, reconnect online as young adults, and then drift apart again.
Where to find it
Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: Brief strong language.
Age: PG-13
forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,Philippians 3:13, Philippians 3:13
