‘Past Lives’: Read The Screenplay For Celine Song’s Oscar-Nominated Feature Film Debut
deadline.comOn her first feature film try, Celine Song struck gold with the time-hopping romantic drama Past Lives. A24‘s semi-autobiographic pic netted two key nominations at this year’s Oscars, for Best Picture and Song’s Original Screenplay — a huge coup for the tiny feature that debuted at last year’s Sundance Film Festival.
The Oscar noms came off five nominations at the Golden Globes and a Best Feature win at the Gothams. The pic, which Song wrote and directed, tells the story of Nora (Greta Lee) and Hae Sung (Teo Yoo), deeply connected childhood friends who lose contact after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea.
Two decades later, a married Nora is reunited with Hae Sung in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love and the choices that make a life.
John Magaro also stars as Nora’s husband Arthur, who wrestles with what his wife’s connection to Hae Sung means, while giving the pair the space to reconnect.
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