This romatic drama streaming on Netflix has been described as “heartbreaking” by followers who’ve tuned in.
The movie’s synopsis reads: “Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Decades later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront destiny, love and the choices that make a life.” Celine Song each wrote and directed the movie, which options English and Korean language all through. The A24 manufacturing stars Greta Lee, Teo Yoo and John Magaro.
Past Lives has acquired universial acclaim since its launch in 2023 and was additionally nominated for 2 Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.
Rotten Tomatoes critics award Past Lives with a excessive 95% and the consensus reads: “A remarkable debut for writer-director Celine Song, Past Lives uses the bonds between its sensitively sketched central characters to support trenchant observations on the human condition.”
A critic wrote: “It is a heartbreaking film that is so masterfully made and profoundly sincere that you want to stay in its world regardless of the emotional cost.”
One Google reviewer awarded the movie 5 out of 5 stars and stated: “This film broke my heart in the best way possible.”
“Celine Song’s directorial debut, Past Lives, is a poignant and beautifully paced film that takes audiences on an emotional journey spanning continents and decades,” one other added.
Daniel Scheinert, who co-directed A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once alongside his associate Daniel Kwan, praised the movie.
He stated: “It’s remarkable, the way she [Celine Song] pushed past the story of ‘picking mister right’ and the story of ‘fighting to win the girl’ and somehow brought her audience to this painfully relatable heartbreak on the other side of those stories.”
Past Lives is on the market to stream on Netflix.
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