A semi-autobiographical work from first-time filmmaker Celine Song, Past Lives revolves around 24 years in the lives of two childhood friends, Nora and Hae Sung, as they grow apart after Nora’s ...

and whether Nora and Hae Sung ever see each other again after Past Lives’ credits roll. The film opens with a scene at a bar, where a pair of characters gossip about Nora and the men she’s with.

Past Lives sees Nora and Hae Sung have an epic reunion in New York City 24 years after they're torn apart as kids when she moves from South Korea to Canada. Song came to Canada as a child before ...

It's also clear by the end of "Past Lives" that though Hae-sung is Nora's first love, Arthur may be Nora's fate. "In this life, you and Arthur . . . have the 8,000 layers of inyeon," Hae-sung ...

“Past Lives” centers on Nora (played as an adult by a terrific and subtle Greta Lee) and a boy named Hae Sung (Teo Yoo), though mostly it’s about her. The two first meet as schoolmates in ...

And it’s in their reunion that “Past Lives,” without breaking its casual, conversational register, becomes something quite extraordinary. New York plays its part: Nora and Hae Sung’s ...

“Past Lives” is her directorial debut and heralds ... South Korea, alongside chum Hae Sung. The kids, played respectively and wonderfully by Moon Seung-ah and Leem Seung-min, tease one another ...

Past Lives opens at a bar, where Nora, Hae Sung, and Arthur have gathered for a drink. The audience doesn’t hear their conversation; instead, they listen to several onlookers who are watching ...

Hae Sung has completed his mandatory military service ... they illustrate the strength of the imprint that moments in our past lives still have on us. Both, probably. Yoo has the most thankless ...

I miss him." Arthur knows it's more than that. Hae Sung is a part of Nora's childhood identity, a past life that doesn't disappear just because she's moved into adulthood. Later, Arthur tells his ...