Past Lives

1hr 46min  |  English, Korean  |  Drama, Romance

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.
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Synopsis

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.

Filmmaker Bio

Celine Song

Celine Song

Director

Celine Song is a South Korean-Canadian director, playwright, and screenwriter based in the United States.She started the jouney of her debut film "Past Lives" in 2020. In this film she draws from her own experience of reuniting with a childhood friend after decades apart.She quotes "Past Lives is autobiographically honest but ultimately fictional."
Christine Vachon

Christine Vachon

Producer

A prime mover in the increasingly established "new wave" of gay independent filmmaking, Vachon gained notice by producing two highly stylized and ambitious features: Todd Haynes' "Poison" (1990) and Tom Kalin's "Swoon" (1992). She has built a reputation for nurturing film projects that deal with American gay life as well as for working with first-time filmmakers from other media. One of the founders (with fellow Brown University alums Haynes and Barry Ellsworth) of Apparatus Productions in 1987, Vachon produced seven short films in five years. The most notorious of these was the first, Haynes' experimental biopic "Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story" (1987), which details the meteoric rise and tragic fall of the anorexic pop star using Barbie dolls.
Pamela Koffler

Pamela Koffler

Producer

Pamela Koffler is an award-winning producer and co-founder with Christine Vachon of the New York-based independent company Killer Films, which has been creating film and TV since 1995.Since founding Killer, Ms. Koffler has produced many of the most celebrated American independent films of the past two decades. Her many notable movies also include Miguel Arteta’s Beatriz at Dinner, Mark Romanek’s hit, One Hour Photo, starring Robin Williams; Larry Clark’s groundbreaking, Kids; John Cameron Mitchell’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch; Todd Solondz’s Happiness; Mary Harron’s I Shot Andy Warhol and Bettie Page; and Tom Kalin’s Savage Grace, starring Ms. Moore and Eddie Redmayne.
David Hinojosa

David Hinojosa

Producer

David Hinojosa is Founding Partner and Head of Production at 2AM. David spent over a decade at Christine Vachon’s iconic award-winning production company Killer Films.While at Killer, he developed such titles as Wash Westmoreland & Richard Glatzer's Academy Award winning STILL ALICE and Todd Haynes' CAROL which premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festiva.When the trio were sent the script as a sample, they were told that the project was not available for producing. “And then just a year later, we were offered the opportunity to meet with Celine about producing it,” says Koffler, “and it felt sort of cosmic.”

Credits

director: Celine Song

writer: Celine Song

producer: David Hinojosa, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon

Co-Producer: Yale Chasin, Khan Kwon

Co-Executive Producer: Yeonu Choi

Executive Producer: Christine d'Souza Gelb, Hosung Kang, Jerry Kyoungboum Ko, Miky Lee, Taylor Shung, Celine Song

Line Producer (Seoul Unit): Young Woo Suh

Composer: Christopher Bear, Daniel Rossen

Director of Photography: Shabier Kirchner

Editor: Keith Fraase

Casting Director: Ellen Chenoweth, Susanne Scheel

Production Designer: Grace Yun

Art Director: Alan Lampert

Set Decorator: Joanne Ling

Costume Designer: Katina Danabassis

Key Makeup Artist: Ivy Ermert, Tayler Winer

Makeup Department Head: Sarah Graalman

Key Hair Stylist: Datania Gregg, Antoinette Wade

Hair Department Head: Melanie Harris

Hair Stylist: Geo Brian Hennings

Makeup Co-Department Head: Melanie Licata

Post-Production Supervisor: Jennifer DiLullo

Unit Production Manager: Kerry Johnson

2nd Asst. Director: Samuel Clark, Geraldine Schubert

1st Asst. Director: Ben Kahn

2nd 2nd Asst. Director: Dan Levy

Scenic Artist: Rashwan Abdelbaki

Set Dresser: Tess Altman, Kevin Sosbe

Asst. Art Director: Neslihan Arslan, Kim Hyo Jung

Leadman: Christiopher Chenel

Charge Scenic Artist: Emily Gaunt

Construction Coordinator: Ryan Gertsen

Asst. Set Decorator: Lisa Green

Props: Michael Landsman

Art Department Assistant: Armon Mahdavi, Grace Stalley

Art Dept. Coordinator: Sonal Naroth

Property Master: Deneice O'Connor

Graphic Designer: Ike Oedel

Scenic Industrial: Morgan Smith

Asst. Property Master: Michael Staffieri

Adr Engineer: Krissopher Chevannes

Mix Assistant: Samantha Doyle

Boom Operator: Dan Green

Sound Mixer: Dimitri Kouri

Adr Editor: Angela Organ

Supervising Sound Editor (Re-Recording Mixer): Jacob Ribicoff

Adr Mixer (Los Angeles): Jeffrey Roy

Foley Editor: Eric Strausser

Audio Department Manager: Nicole Tessier

Dialogue Editor: Daniel Timmons

Special Effects Foreman: Brian Walsh

Visual Effects Artist: Nick Crist

Visual Effects Supervisor (East Side Effects): Michael Huber, Alex Lemke

Stunt Coordinator: Nitasha Bhambree, Declan Mulvey

2nd Asst. Camera (Ny): Hallie Arias, Ashton Hiatt

Camera Operator: Doug Durant

Gaffer: Andrew Hubbard, Jay Kemp

Key Grip: Chris Keenan

Electrician: Conor Murdock, Luke Provenzano

Film Loader: Naima Noguera

Still Photographer: Jon Pack

2nd Asst. A Camera (Nyc & Seoul Unit): Adam Russell

Additional Camera Operator: George Tur

Adr Voice Casting: Cherelle Cargill

Casting Assistant: Elizabeth Hay, Gail Quintos

Asst. Costume Designer: Celeste Montalvo

Set Costumer: Maricela Nodar

Key Costumer: Aishwarya Shree Sharma Porter

Wardrobe Supervisor: Kelsey Sasportas

Film Scanner: Nate Davis

Additional Editor: Shannon Fitzpatrick

Associate Finishing Producer: Alexandra P. Garcia Ortiz

Finishing Producer: Zac Gobetz

Head of Production: Michael Maida

Color Assistant: Andrew Mirmanesh, Melina Smith

Dailies Colorist: Adam Moore

Finishing Editor: Josh Perault

Head of Editorial: Brandon Rosser

Deliverables Technician: Steven Sosa

Asst. Editor: Janis Vogel

Asst. Location Manager: Lisa Cheung, Julia Seebeck

Location Assistant: Joe Davies, James Schweighardt, Ethan M. Silva

Location Scout: Taylor Graham, Joel McGlumphy

Additional Location Assistant: Ivo Huahua

Location Manager: Joseph Mullaney

Location Coordinator: Bao Nguyen

Music Editor: Chad Birmingham

Music Supervisor: Meghan Currier

Script Supervisor: Jiyou Kim, Nick Stergiopoulos

Video and Computer Playback Supervisor: Andre Azevedo

Production Coordinator: Natasha Badiyi

Main Title Co-Designer: Aaron Becker

Office Production Assistant: Rhyan Elliott

Production Assistant: Brett Heidenreich, Eli Henslee, Jake Pinckes, Liz Power, Anthony Vitale

BTS Videographer: Jon Jenkins

Asst. To David Hinojosa: Dani Klemes

Additional Office Production Assistant: Jake Lazarow

Completion Guarantor (Film Finances, Inc.): Paula P. Manzanedo, Carole McGorrian, Anna Rybchenkov

Titles Producer (Filmograph): Troy James Miller

Executive in Charge of Production: Mary Beth Minthorn

Clearances: Lauren A. Oliver

Asst. To Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler: Mason Plotts

Asst. (C. Vachon & P. Koffler): Anna Dale Robinson

Health & Safety: Danica Sheean

Covid-19 Compliance: Natalie Teter

Stand-In (John Magaro): Ryan Wick

Health and Safety Supervisor: Tori Wong

On Set Covid Compliance Officer: Kyle James Wright

Lead Client Services Coordinator Uncredited: Max Henry

Special Thanks: James Gallagher