Past Lives

Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York  for one fateful week as they confront notions  of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life, in this heartrending modern romance. With Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro.

PAST LIVES is currently nominated for two Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.

“This is a film containing oceans of truth, centuries of longing and vast feelings of open-hearted tenderness.” (Globe and Mail)

“‘Past Lives’ is schematic but effective; what makes it work are the performances by Greta Lee and Teo Yoo as these star-crossed not-quite lovers’ adolescent and adult incarnations.” (The Ringer)

“The year’s other great multiverse movie.” (Filmspotting)

“It’s a film full of quiet magic; of the power of words not spoken, and the enduring strength of love.” (Seattle Times)

“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.” (Rotten Tomatoes)

Sunday, February 4
Doors 2:30  pm | Movie 3:00 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
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PAST LIVES (Celine Song, 2023 / 105 mins / PG / In English and Korean with English subtitles) Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.

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