Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as the... Read allNora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.
- Director
- Writer
- Stars
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 79 wins & 223 nominations total
Moon Seung-ah
- Young Nora
- (as Seung Ah Moon)
Leem Seung-min
- Young Hae Sung
- (as Seung Min Yim)
Yun Ji-hye
- Nora's Mom
- (as Ji Hye Yoon)
Choi Won-young
- Nora's Dad
- (as Won Young Choi)
Ahn Min-yeong
- Hae Sung's Mom
- (as Min Young Ahn)
Seo Yeon-Woo
- Young Si Young
- (as Yeon Woo Seo)
Shin Hee-Chul
- Hae Sung's Friend #2
- (as Hee Chul Shin)
Hwang Seung-eon
- Hae Sung's Girlfriend
- (as Seung Un Hwang)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn an interview on June 2, 2023 on NPR with Ailsa Chang, Greta Lee indicated that she found it amusing that when she told her family and friends that she was taking this role, many of them were surprised and wondered if she could even speak Korean.
- GoofsWhen the protagonist's family arrives at Canadian immigration, a French-language government sign reads "loresque" (instead of, correctly, "lorsque.")
- ConnectionsFeatured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Best Movies of 2023 (2023)
- SoundtracksIt's Not Love If It Hurts Too Much
Written by Kim Kwang Seok
Performed by Kim Kwang Seok
Courtesy of STARWEAVE Entertainment
By arrangement with Ingrooves Music Group
Featured review
Movie so true, it doesn't feel like a movie
Celine Song, in her directorial debut, makes a film whose story has little to do with the usual "movies." Past Lives is true, it is not the usual love story. It is not the usual movie love story. But it is more, because it is real, because it is true, because it is drawn from the living experience of the director. And in one way in the other, all of our lives are movies, only thanks to cinema we have the power to give a different development or ending to those stories. Instead, Song chose, bravely, to be true to what seemingly seems like a "trivial" love story of two people who are separated as children and meet again after 20 years by choice and not by chance. Two people who in the generality of their life stories, look at each other, scrutinize each other and love each other. It is a story made of silences, from which the thoughts of the two protagonists arise and arrive. It is a story made of glances and behind those glances are all the unspoken words, all those emotions that words would not render. Past Lives works because it is not what one expects from a film love story. It is real life.
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- angelaiannone-37186
- Mar 19, 2024
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Muôn Kiếp Nhân Duyên
- Filming locations
- Madison Square Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(Nora and Hae Sung Meet in New York)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $11,185,625
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $232,266
- Jun 4, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $42,343,960
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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