To achieve the hyper-naturalistic, lived-in connections among her trio of characters in Past Lives, writer-director Celine Song put both her cast and crew through a number of unusual exercises.
For Greta Lee and Teo Yoo, who play childhood soulmates Nora and Hae Sung, that meant not being allowed to physically touch until the very moment their characters do onscreen, when they reunite as adults in New York City. “It becomes this really big, kind of cosmic thing to create this weird emotion of longing for each other,” Yoo tells THR. “That created a certain type of chemistry and this wonderful tension on film.”
The story unfolds in three chronological acts: 24 years ago in Seoul during the last days before Nora’s family immigrates to North America; 12 years later, when Nora and Hae Sung briefly reconnect over Facebook and Skype as students on opposite sides of the world; and then the present,...
For Greta Lee and Teo Yoo, who play childhood soulmates Nora and Hae Sung, that meant not being allowed to physically touch until the very moment their characters do onscreen, when they reunite as adults in New York City. “It becomes this really big, kind of cosmic thing to create this weird emotion of longing for each other,” Yoo tells THR. “That created a certain type of chemistry and this wonderful tension on film.”
The story unfolds in three chronological acts: 24 years ago in Seoul during the last days before Nora’s family immigrates to North America; 12 years later, when Nora and Hae Sung briefly reconnect over Facebook and Skype as students on opposite sides of the world; and then the present,...
- 12/7/2023
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Past Lives is a romantic drama movie written and directed by Celine Song. The A24 film follows the story of two childhood friends, who get separated as one of them moves out of South Korea, but decades later they meet again for a fateful week in which they ruminate about love and the choices they made in their lives.
The romantic drama stars Teo Yoo and Greta Lee in the lead roles of Hae Sung and Nora. In the supporting roles, we see John Magaro as Arthur, Choi Won-young as Nora’s Dad, Moon Seung-ah as Young Nora, Leem Seung-min as Young Hae Sung, Ji Hye Yoon as Nora’s Mom, Ahn Min-Young as Hae Sung’s Mom, and Seo Yeon-Woo as Young Si Young.
Past Lives – When Did it Come Out? Credit – A24
Past Lives had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2023. The romantic drama...
The romantic drama stars Teo Yoo and Greta Lee in the lead roles of Hae Sung and Nora. In the supporting roles, we see John Magaro as Arthur, Choi Won-young as Nora’s Dad, Moon Seung-ah as Young Nora, Leem Seung-min as Young Hae Sung, Ji Hye Yoon as Nora’s Mom, Ahn Min-Young as Hae Sung’s Mom, and Seo Yeon-Woo as Young Si Young.
Past Lives – When Did it Come Out? Credit – A24
Past Lives had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2023. The romantic drama...
- 9/20/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
After serving as a writer on the television series The Wheel of Time (2021), Celine Song delivers a memorable directorial debut – as well as penning her first feature screenplay – with the poignant and elegant Past Lives.
The film tells the tale of two close childhood friends – Nora (Seung-ah Moon) and Hae Sung (Seung-Min Yim) – who are separated when Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Decades later, when the couple are fatefully reunited in New York, a grown Nora (Greta Lee) and Hae Sung (Teo Yoo), are forced to come to terms with their beliefs concerning destiny and the choices that make up an individual’s life.
As a first feature, Past Lives signals the arrival of a unique voice and talent in writer/director Celine Song. There is a transcendent quality within the interplay and dialogue between the characters of the film that makes their story both romantic and simultaneously heartbreaking.
The film tells the tale of two close childhood friends – Nora (Seung-ah Moon) and Hae Sung (Seung-Min Yim) – who are separated when Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Decades later, when the couple are fatefully reunited in New York, a grown Nora (Greta Lee) and Hae Sung (Teo Yoo), are forced to come to terms with their beliefs concerning destiny and the choices that make up an individual’s life.
As a first feature, Past Lives signals the arrival of a unique voice and talent in writer/director Celine Song. There is a transcendent quality within the interplay and dialogue between the characters of the film that makes their story both romantic and simultaneously heartbreaking.
- 6/23/2023
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
Past Lives, writer-director Celine Song’s debut feature, opens with a guessing game: There are three people sitting at a bar, drinking in the wee hours. We’re observing the trio from a distance, unable to hear what they’re saying. Folks off-frame are making up possible back stories. The two Koreans are tourists, one of them says, and the white guy sitting to their left is their guide. No, the other replies, the lady and the white guy are a couple, and the Korean gent is their old friend.
- 6/2/2023
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
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