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Past Lives is a 2023 romantic drama film written and directed by Celine Song in her feature directorial debut.Starring Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, and John Magaro, it follows two childhood friends over the course of 24 years while they contemplate the nature of their relationship as they grow apart, living different lives.
Song wrote the screenplay for Past Lives, her directorial film debut, about two childhood friends who later reunite as adults (portrayed by Greta Lee and Teo Yoo). [16] The film is partly inspired by Song's life, specifically a dinner she had with her English-speaking husband and her Korean-speaking friend visiting New York. [7]
She gained prominence for her starring role in the romantic drama film Past Lives (2023), for which she received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. [2] Lee began her career in theatre, making her Broadway debut in the musical comedy The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2007).
“Past Lives” tells the story of Nora (Greta Lee) and Hae Sung (Teo Yoo), once mutually infatuated 12-year-olds in South Korea, now trying to reconnect as 30-somethings.
“Past Lives” writer and director Celine Song handles the delicate themes of love and destiny surrounding the Korean Buddhist concept of In-Yun — the connection, fate and destiny of two people.
Past Lives isn’t quite the woozy, lovelorn drama that its trailers have sold, or that Christopher Bear and Daniel Rossen’s gentle score gestures towards. But it is an eloquent attempt to ...
He has acted in the films Not Fade Away (2012), The Big Short (2015), Carol (2015), Overlord (2018), First Cow (2019), Showing Up (2022), The Mistress (2022), and Past Lives (2023). He has also acted in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black (2015–2019) and The Umbrella Academy (2019) and the Amazon series Crisis in Six Scenes (2016).
"Past Lives," the A24 film that has been nominated for five Golden Globes, might send you into a tearful spiral about true love and destiny. It's had that effect on many — including star Greta Lee.