The power of was, the reality of is: A review of 'Past Lives'

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The power of was, the reality of is: A review of 'Past Lives'
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In her first directorial feature film, Celine Song surprised and charmed the 2023 Sundance Festival audiences with this romantic drama, Past Lives. It screened at Berlin in February and opened the Seattle International Film Festival. Our own TBA acquired the rights for distribution here, and it opens in cinemas this Wednesday, Aug. 30. If you have a beating heart and appreciate drama and/or romance, you owe it to yourself to watch this beautifully rendered story of life, love, and loss. 

It has the simple premise of two childhood friends from Korea meeting up again two decades later, contemplating what could have been and the reality of what has come to pass. It’s in how the story unfolds, as written by Celine Song herself - the real emotions and feelings triggered and the admirable restraint with which this all comes together, that the film succeeds beyond all expectations and can be considered a minor gem of a masterpiece.

We first see Na Young/Nora , Hae Sung , and Arthur sitting in a Manhattan bar, and an unseen couple speculates on the relationships between the three. Two decades earlier, Na Young and Hae Sung were classmates in South Korea, and there was something agreed upon and unspoken between the two, a connection that both felt and understood. This is disrupted when Na Young’s family emigrated to Toronto, and Na Young changes her name to Nora.

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