Past Lives: The film on lost love that crosses continents - BBC News

The Oscar-tipped film sees two childhood friends reunite and try to reconcile their separate lives.

2 days agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, StudioCanalImage caption, Past Lives: Teo Yoo and Greta Lee play Hae Sung and Nora, who reconnect after more than 20 yearsBy Emma JonesBBC Talking MoviesWhat would you do if you had the chance to reconnect with a childhood sweetheart, even if you were already in love with someone else?

A first-time film director has taken that story idea and made an Oscar-tipped and Bafta-nominated movie out of it.

Past Lives, by Korean Canadian playwright and director Celine Song, is also a bilingual film, made in both Korean and English.

The heroine, Nora, played by American actress Greta Lee, moves from South Korea as a young person to start a new life and learn a new language.

She leaves behind Hae Sung, a childhood friend she has a deep connection with. More than 20 years later, after Nora has met and married an American, Hae Sung announces that he's coming to visit.

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