Past Lives

PAST LIVES

(Past Lives - in original language with Hungarian subtitles)

color, subtitled, American-South Korean film, 106 min., 2023

directed by: Celine Song

starring: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo

***Not recommended for children under 12.***

The biggest critical and audience favorite romantic film of 2023 is a heart-wrenching story about life-changing decisions, missed opportunities, and true love.

Nora and Hae-sung were best friends as children, but the girl’s move away separated them. Twenty years later, they reconnect online, but as adults, their lives have taken very different paths. She is a successful writer in New York in a serious relationship, while he is just drifting through life in Seoul. Through the internet, they begin to reconnect, and a genuine, deep adult friendship develops between the childhood companions. Hae-sung’s visit to New York, however, triggers an unexpected emotional avalanche in both of them, forcing them to finally confront their true feelings.

Produced by A24 and screened in the competition programs at the Sundance Film Festival and the Berlinale, *Past Lives* is, according to Rolling Stone, “the best movie you’ll see this year.”