After some time in this rather complicated situation, Nora<\/em> decides they should stop talking for a while in order to focus on her life because she realises they have different goals. Once again, another twelve years go by and during that time they continue to live their lives until they see each other for the first time, 24 years later, in New York\u2026<\/p>\n Debut director, Celine Song,<\/em>\u00a0tells us a story that is partially autobiographical, full of sensibility, empathy and tenderness.<\/p>\n A story in which destiny, the choices made, and first love intertwine resulting in a long story of ups and downs, that makes her question her journey through life, despite being happy.<\/p>\n Song\u00a0<\/em>emigrated with her parents from Canada when she was 12 years old and later trained as a playwright at Columbia University (New York). She is married to Justin Kuritzkes <\/em>who is also a writer and playwright, and she herself experienced a scene that was very similar to that shown at the beginning of the film.<\/p>\n In her case, the bar chosen was Speakeasy<\/em>\u00a0Please Don’t Tell<\/em>, and the person that accompanied them was a Korean childhood friend of hers.<\/p>\n One thing the Korean Canadian film maker manages to portray really well is the evolution of that first love when the protagonists have grown up, and how the passing of time and the absence between them has transformed it into their mutual idealization.<\/p>\n Because when reality is not there to wear down the abstract concept of that immaculate first love, it becomes impossible for them to see each other objectively. It\u2019s as if they are trapped in a \u201cwhat if\u2026?\u201d <\/em>\u00a0impeded by destiny and their own actions.<\/p>\n As well as platonic love, Song<\/em>\u00a0also reflects on how people constantly evolve.<\/p>\n She makes it clear that, in spite of everything, we are no longer who we were, and we will not in the future be who we are now. Time does not stand still, and our experiences and circumstances shape our character and our course in life.<\/p>\n However, in “Past Lives” <\/em>there are many moments in which it seems that the very special chemistry they have, that time has not managed to erase, could become that panacea that will detonate everything\u2026 And that is probably thanks to the romantic notion that we all unwittingly have, although it is more fantasy than reality.<\/p>\n The film makes reference to the Korean word\u00a0In-yeon<\/em>.\u00a0That concept means “providence” or “fate” and that is based on this idea that when two strangers walk by each other on the street and their clothes accidentally brush, it means there must have been something between them in their past lives.<\/p>\n However, immediately after that, Nora<\/em>\u00a0confesses to\u00a0Arthur<\/em>, her future husband with whom she is having the conversation, that this is in fact a pretext Koreans use to seduce someone…<\/p>\n The end of\u00a0“Past Lives “<\/em>\u00a0is amazing. It isn\u2019t what you expect, but it is so real it stings because of the unconscious desire to find happiness in a box.<\/p>\n Greta Lee<\/em>\u00a0(Nora<\/em>) and\u00a0Yoo Teo<\/em>\u00a0(Hae Sung<\/em>) as well as John Magaro<\/em>\u00a0who plays Arthur<\/em>, Nora<\/em>\u2019s husband<\/em>, offer magnificent performances throughout the film, and the way they deal with such a complex emotional burden deserves a slow clap.<\/p>\n Following the excellent response to\u00a0“Past Lives”<\/em>,\u00a0A24<\/em>\u00a0has given the green light to Song\u2019s <\/em>second film: “Materialists”<\/em>, a romcom set in New York and starring the actor of the moment,\u00a0Jeremy Allen White<\/em>.<\/p>\n Justin Kuritzkes<\/em>, Celine Song<\/em>\u2019s husband<\/em>, is also a playwright and screenwriter, as well as a novelist, who has teamed up with film director Luca Guadagnino<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>(“Call Me by Your Name”<\/em>), for whom he has written his next two films:\u00a0“Challengers”<\/em>, starring Zendaya<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Josh O’Connor<\/em>, and\u00a0“Queer”,<\/em>\u00a0 an adaptation of the novel of the same name by William S. Burroughs<\/em>.<\/p>\n You can\u2019t miss it!<\/p>\n Consult the billboard.<\/p>\n (*)<\/strong> Images provided by Elastica Films.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Synopsis “Past Lives”\u00a0narrates the story of Nora (whose real name is Na Young) and\u00a0Hae Sung, two 12-year-old Korean children who like each other but lose contact due to the fact that Nora\u2019s family decides to emigrate to Canada. The years go by, (12 to be precise) and one day, Nora discovers that Hae Sung\u00a0is looking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":67621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5904,5903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cinema","category-culture-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Cartel_vidaspasadas-scaled.jpeg\")
<\/p>\nAn autobiographical story<\/h6>\n
Her first childhood love and the toll of absence<\/h6>\n
What could have been but was not<\/h6>\n
In-yeon: the reunion of two souls that were soulmates in past lives<\/h6>\n
Maybe in another life…<\/h6>\n
\u201cThis film talks about the different parts of who we are and that we are different depending on the times.\u201d Song<\/h2>\n
Song and Kuritzkes: a winning couple<\/h6>\n