

Past Lives
A heartrending modern romance that confronts notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.
After decades apart, childhood friends Nora and Hae Sung are reunited in New York for one fateful weekend as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.
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7.7/10
2,521 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $12M
- Box office
- $28.1M
- Language
- English
- new york city
- immigrant
- friendship
- nostalgia
- woman between two men
- interracial marriage
- fate
- playwright
- married woman
- childhood friends
- semi autobiographical
- woman director
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Behind the camera
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Produced in
United States of America, South Korea
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereSundance Film Festival21 Jan 2023
- PremierePG-13New York City, New York31 May 2023
- Theatrical (limited)PG-132 Jun 2023
- Theatrical (limited)PG-13Limited expansion9 Jun 2023
- Theatrical (limited)PG-13Limited expansion23 Jun 2023
- TheatricalPG-1330 Jun 2023
- Digital / OTTPG-1322 Aug 2023
- PhysicalPG-1319 Sept 2023
United KingdomGB
- Premiere12AEdinburgh International Film Festival20 Aug 2023
- Theatrical12A7 Sept 2023
- Physical12DVD/Blu-ray4 Dec 2023
AustraliaAU
- PremiereMSydney Film Festival9 Jun 2023
- PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival3 Aug 2023
- TheatricalM31 Aug 2023
- PremiereDarwin International Film Festival23 Sept 2023
CanadaCA
- Theatrical18A16 Jun 2023
- PhysicalPGDVD & Blu-ray19 Sept 2023
ArgentinaAR
- TheatricalATP29 Feb 2024
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1625 Jan 2024
ChinaCN
- PremiereShanghai International Film Festival(4K)14 Jun 2024
CzechiaCZ
- PremiereKarlovy Vary International Film Festival 2 Jul 2023
- Theatrical12+27 Jul 2023
EstoniaEE
- PremiereTallinn Black Nights Film Festival4 Nov 2023
- Theatrical24 Nov 2023
FinlandFI
- TheatricalS26 Jan 2024
FranceFR
- PremiereDeauville Film Festival2 Sept 2023
- Theatrical13 Dec 2023
GermanyDE
- PremiereBerlin International Film Festival19 Feb 2023
- Theatrical017 Aug 2023
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Past Lives was released on 2 June 2023.
Audience reviews
6- B4/10
Brent Marchant
6/10/2023
As the son of parents who were childhood sweethearts/soul mates, I tend to be a sucker for movie romances that address this subject. In this case, however, the only “sucker” aspect applies to the money I plunked down to watch this two-hour snoozefest. Writer-director Celine Song’s debut feature has been praised as a masterful piece of filmmaking and one of the best pictures of 2023, but I heartily beg to disagree. Wh…
- B9/10
badelf
8/26/2023
Wow. For a director, Celine Song, just coming out of the gate, this is quite an impressive film. The lead actress, Greta Lee, fit the role like a soft leather glove, which speaks volumes, both for her talent, and for Song's casting. Lee's Hollywood Critics Association Best Actress award is well-deserved. Song wrote an excellent screenplay, and her direction turned it into a stunning film. Kudos to A24 for taking a…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
10/22/2023
"Na Young" (Moon Seung-ah) and her best pal "Hae Sung" (Leem Seung-min) are pretty much joined at the hip at school. They do everything together. That is, until her family decide that they are going to emigrate to Canada. The young lad is a bit bereft, he doesn't really understand and he certainly doesn't approve! Anyway, off they go and after quite an hiatus, she discovers that he had tried to get in touch previousl…
- B10/10
BornKnight
1/28/2024
An american A24 very adult romance and drama movie that gets in you little by little, slow burning with a gentle flame and involves more than just love, but personal choices and fate too. Compared to a lot of romances this one is very real, and tells the story of two korean child, that lives closely together in their 12yo in sort of a "proto-date" till she emigrate to Canada and then US, already searching better c…
- C10/10
Cinema_Snobb
7/16/2024
Celine song directed this wonderful and emotionally complex film about holding on to the past no matter how fleeting it is. Ha Young is a young girl living in Korea. She has a crush on a boy at school named Hae Sung. The time comes when her family is immigrating to Canada. It is devastating to young Hae, who is going to miss his friend. Twelve years go by and Ha is now living in New York City and goes by the…
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