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Past Lives

Past Lives

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Released: 02 June 2023
Country of origin: South Korea, US
Genre: Drama, Romance/Dating
Production companies: A24, Killer Films, 2AM, CJ ENM
Watched by: 1 351 of 866 301
Runtime: 1 hour 46 minutes
IMDB rating: 7.9 of 10 115 178
kinopoisk.ru rating: 7.39 of 10 38 168

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Nora and Hae Sung, two childhood friends, are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.

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Celine Song Introduces Past Lives

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yurkaaaa
yurkaaaa
15 Aug 2023, 23:27 #
The film is, of course, amazing) an immigrant himself, some things hit hard...
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asdffdsa
asdffdsa
29 Aug 2023, 01:07 #
boring and mournful
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UlNECУлНЕК
UlNECУлНЕК
01 Sep 2023, 22:35 #
The film is for an amateur, there are several interesting moments, but in general it is a very average picture.
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darios13
darios13
16 Nov 2023, 12:39 #
@UlNECUlNEK: all movies for an amateur
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badwitchass
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10 Sep 2023, 21:59 #
I really liked the movie, I just got into the mood. A story about love that never managed to happen. After watching it, there was a pleasant aftertaste with notes of sadness and nostalgia. I recommend it
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pavlovdv22
pavlovdv22
09 Nov 2023, 23:27 #
At one time, I fell in love with the Before trilogy and Normal People. Past Lives caused me similar feelings from the first frames. The picture, angles, music, dialogues, pauses, facial expressions of the actors - everything is fine. There is an important difference from the films mentioned above - Past Lives is based on the Yin-Yang concept, which allows you to look at stories of this kind in a completely different way.

The film is not for everyone and not for viewing in the background. But if you are familiar with the struggle of feelings and reason, I advise you to watch it.
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wolfork15
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14 Dec 2023, 16:33 #
@pavlovdv22: Oh, this struggle of feelings and reason, I join the review.
I will put this film somewhere on the shelf of LalaLand, which I will not review. They are wonderful, but my sensual response to these films is too strong) everyone is responsible for their life with a dream or a dream, a little less.
I also liked the scene in the bar when the girl left. The men reasoned that they too had touched in the distant past. Although thinking about who someone might have been in past lives is not close to me.
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albinka_
albinka_
10 Mar 14:28 #
@pavlovdv22: Yes, it looks like a Linklater trilogy on Vibe. Only there was a more "hilarious spontaneous" narrative developing into "disappointment/despair /hopelessness + warm hope", and here it is very smooth and so soft enveloping from beginning to end.
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Westbound
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28 Nov 2023, 23:59 #
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Reika_Mikami
Reika_Mikami
13 Dec 2023, 21:18 #
A film with an extraordinary Korean mentality plays on nostalgic memories and feelings of childhood. Not to say that it is a straight masterpice, but it looks nice with notes of sadness and sadness)
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kottito
kottito
23 Dec 2023, 01:38 #
" The mood of love" and this film are now on the same shelf, so that when you watch it, you tear your heart out with longing for what did not happen. Subtle, sad and slightly salty, thank you
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АлинаХромова
АлинаХромова
26 Dec 2023, 20:52 #
We watched it for 45 minutes. They couldn't stand it anymore. I fell for a good rating.
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Noncorpum
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26 Dec 2023, 21:17 #
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Noncorpum
Noncorpum
26 Dec 2023, 21:19 #
It was very touching.
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spartak200808
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08 Jan 23:07 #
I thought it was a melodrama, but it turned out that it wasn't. sad movie. ideal for those who are not destined to love and feel someone's warmth.
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klo4ok
klo4ok
16 Jan 00:51 #
On the stage where the three of them were sitting in a bar and Young-na and Hae-sung were chatting in Korean "And if then, and if only..", and they stopped translating everything to Arthur, as a person who constantly studies languages, I already wanted to make a meme against the background of a close-up on Arthur's face:
"When you learned a foreign language and try to listen to your girlfriend's conversation with your ex, but did not have time to pass the subjunctive mood and do not understand anything".

Or vice versa, "When I realized that the former had already reached the subjunctive mood in their dialogue"
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Sound_1
Sound_1
21 Jan 21:52 #
"maybe in another life"
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maurum
maurum
25 Jan 23:05 #
dam... this shit hits hard
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Numen
Numen
27 Jan 20:07 #
The film is boring and drawn out. There are no bright spots. The actor's acting is mediocre. A one-time movie.
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Kosseff
Kosseff
03 Feb 21:33 #
It's such a primitive, banal and secondary film. That such high ratings are incomprehensible.
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realpluviophile
realpluviophile
17 Feb 01:30 #
As for me, the film is beautiful. The atmosphere, the actors, all the scenes were shot with such love. It shows. About people who are not destined to be together in this life. About fate. I love this kind of autumn very much. They hit right in the heart.
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Roma_Cinephile
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19 Feb 10:28 #
I didn't write comments on the films, but I can't pass this film by. Maybe my comment will help someone in choosing a movie. An amazing picture, a hit to the heart. For those who, like me, it hurts to remember their first love, with whom you are not destined to be together, when something inside flares up, something hurts even after many years, when everyone already has their own lives.Maybe in a previous life we were together...
Haruki Murakami's book "South of the Border, West of the Sun" comes to mind (A story about a young successful man named Hajime, the owner of a jazz bar, who many years later meets his childhood friend Shimamoto. He was in love with her at the time. Passion wakes up again. But life circumstances are such that this love is not destined to resurrect.) I recommend reading it.
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niggapig
niggapig
20 Feb 23:59 #
The actors play very cool, but they didn't hit me at all
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Destiny_Ocean
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23 Feb 21:26 #
Such a life story. I really liked the immersion in Korean culture, the shooting, the music, the actors. There are many quotes that you want to remember. But I won't review it)
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FaTe123
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29 Feb 10:22 #
after watching it, I was impressed for some time. What cool music! And what an unusual shoot!
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Morghana
Morghana
04 Mar 06:32 #
The film category is "look at the script, not wait for the action." Celine Son's wonderful debut. There is no uno-reverse at the end to hook the viewer. There is nothing unexpected or abrupt. Only drama in its purest form. Each line is an action of the hero. The performance of each of the Lee-Yu-Magaro trio perfectly fit the story and script. The viewer spies on the lives of ordinary people in the awkward irony of real life. I also believe a jealous but understanding husband who tries not to get annoyed. And to a classmate who has been cherishing since childhood, who grew up to be an ordinary Korean, missing the stars from the sky. And a migrant who walked with Asian perseverance towards the life she lives. The modern viewer, hooked on the needle of Hollywood, enjoying the spectacle, will not like it. But those who watch movies, as if peeking through a door crack at someone else's life, way of thinking, those who like to reflect and search for images and subtexts - Past lives should be liked.
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NyanQt3_14
NyanQt3_14
05 Mar 01:23 #
In mood, it resembles the Land of Nomads, Get behind the wheel of my car, and, perhaps, Dovlatov.;
a slow movie, where the plot is not really important, you can just enjoy these moments from life..
Well, the landscapes are cool!
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albinka_
albinka_
10 Mar 14:34 #
I think that this film will appeal to those who love paintings that are based on semitones, on microemotions that resonate somewhere in the depths. There is no romcom-like "spontaneous happy ending", there is no bright message and morality, there are no bad characters. I really like this, I catch Asian Zen and enjoy the picture, thinking somewhere inside myself about different moments of life.
Wonderful acting, touching and sincere. It makes you empathize, but not with a tear, but very delicately. It's rare to find characters in a movie who don't rush from side to side, don't roll us on a roller coaster, but just let us gently swing on the waves.
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apel7inka
apel7inka
17 Mar 03:36 #
The whole movie roared
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NazarovaEvgeniya
NazarovaEvgeniya
03 Apr 19:21 #
I don't like such slow movies. At all. Usually, a maximum of 15-30 minutes and that's it. But... Everyone probably has it like this - "and what if... " And here it's sad and sweet and a little loopy. And it's even good that it didn't happen. And that would be... eh... Like it.
Instructions before watching: gadgets away, a glass of wine closer And have a good evening)
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katherinegontier
katherinegontier
05 Apr 21:08 #
I liked that Arthur didn't bother Nora with jealousy, but let these two sort out their feelings. A very mature act. Everything eventually turned out the way it should have.
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LuM_E
LuM_E
06 Apr 12:24 #
I can't say that I liked it very much, but I won't call the film uninteresting either. I understand the measured way of presenting this story, but all this is doubtful and indifferent, or something. The feeling that the characters are floating limply with the flow of life. But they make difficult decisions, they row against the current in places. No, I don't miss the ostentatious drama and vivid scenes of showdowns, on the contrary, I liked the adequate and decent behavior of all the characters. But they seem to be on an energy-saving mode.
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chickchirik
chickchirik
13 Apr 17:46 #
How beautifully shot and played. Very Korean-style, right down to the muted color scheme.

But I have ambivalent impressions from long shots. On the one hand, they perfectly convey all this awkwardness of under-communication/over-friendship. They give naturalness or something, the feeling of this eternal expectation and understatement. On the other hand, at some point I set the speed to 1.5 x, because a fairly short film began to seem very long because of this.

Overall, it's a great film about identity. About how your paths diverge from the place and the people you left behind, whether you want to or not.

And this is the final "See you" - it's so sad, but full of hope that in the next life they will be able to reunite.
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