Past Lives
Sep. 18th, 2023 02:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
frandroidI watched a really great film on Saturday night, Past Lives, which was strangely echoing in my own life.
Slight spoilers
It's the story of two Korean kids who are best friends who get separated, since the girl, Na Young immigrates to Canada with her family. Years later, the boy (Hae Sung) manages to retrace the girl (she's now named Nora - they're now young adults), and ensues a really intense long-distance unspoken relationship where they are constantly Skyping each other. Eventually she breaks off the relationship because she needs to focus on her writing career. 7 years later, Hae Sung decides to visit her in NYC, where she is torn between what could have been between her and Hae Sung, and her love for her own husband.
Ted Yoo is phenomenal as Hae Sung. I have had quite a few, loooong unrequited crushes in my life, and he really expresses the internal turmoil. (I also expanded my screen crush on Greta Lee, who was featured in Natasha Lyonne's Russian Doll before.) The way Celine Song (director and writer, who based the story on her own life) has set the awkwardness of some of the conversations almost materialises these emotions. This was superbly written, acted and directed. Definitely don't miss it. I torrented it, but it turns out it's still in cinemas. It's a great date film.
Slight spoilers
It's the story of two Korean kids who are best friends who get separated, since the girl, Na Young immigrates to Canada with her family. Years later, the boy (Hae Sung) manages to retrace the girl (she's now named Nora - they're now young adults), and ensues a really intense long-distance unspoken relationship where they are constantly Skyping each other. Eventually she breaks off the relationship because she needs to focus on her writing career. 7 years later, Hae Sung decides to visit her in NYC, where she is torn between what could have been between her and Hae Sung, and her love for her own husband.
Ted Yoo is phenomenal as Hae Sung. I have had quite a few, loooong unrequited crushes in my life, and he really expresses the internal turmoil. (I also expanded my screen crush on Greta Lee, who was featured in Natasha Lyonne's Russian Doll before.) The way Celine Song (director and writer, who based the story on her own life) has set the awkwardness of some of the conversations almost materialises these emotions. This was superbly written, acted and directed. Definitely don't miss it. I torrented it, but it turns out it's still in cinemas. It's a great date film.
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Date: 2023-09-19 09:23 pm (UTC)