Past Lives (2023)
After decades apart, childhood friends Nora and Hae Sung are reunited in New York for one fateful weekend as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.
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Past Lives (2023) – What If Timing Was the Only Thing That Got in the Way
There are movies that fill the screen with sound and motion, and then there are the quiet ones — the kind that lean in gently, unfold slowly, and ask you to pay attention not to the volume, but to the silence. Past Lives is one of those films.
It begins with two kids in Seoul — Nora and Hae Sung — walking side by side like nothing in the world could ever split them apart. But the world does what it always does. Nora’s family emigrates, and just like that, Hae Sung becomes a part of a chapter she has to leave behind. No dramatic farewell. No promises made. Just a space where connection used to be.
What makes this story so intimate is how it lets time pass without rushing to fill the gaps. We meet Nora years later, now a writer in New York, fluent in both English and a version of herself that’s had to adjust. She is smart, composed, and settled — until Hae Sung finds her again. When they reconnect, it’s not an explosion. It’s a question. A soft one. What if?
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After decades apart, childhood friends Nora and Hae Sung are reunited in New York for one fateful weekend as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.
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Genre:Drama, Romance
Directed By:Celine Song
Written By:Celine Song
In Theaters:6/23/2023
Box Office:$28,126,646
Runtime:106 minutes
Studio:A24, Killer Films, 2AM, CJ ENM
Cast
Celine Song
Director
Celine Song
Director
Greta Lee
Nora
Teo Yoo
Hae Sung
John Magaro
Arthur
Moon Seung-ah
Young Nora
Yim Seung-min
Young Hae Sung
Yoon Ji-hye
Nora's Mom
Choi Won-young
Nora's Dad
An Min-young
Hae Sung's Mom
Seo Yeon-woo
Young Si Young
Chang Ki-ha
Hae Sung's Friend 1
Shin Hee-cheol
Hae Sung's Friend 2
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