Past Lives (2023) – What If Timing Was the Only Thing That Got in the Way
A quiet film that does not demand your tears but earns them. It explores love that lingers, timing that fails, and the silence between what was and what could have been.

Isaac Cole Powell is an American actor and singer. He played the role of Daniel in the 2017 Broadway revival of the musical Once on This Island and Tony in the 2019 Broadway revival of West Side Story.
A quiet film that does not demand your tears but earns them. It explores love that lingers, timing that fails, and the silence between what was and what could have been.
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