Review of Past Lives

I from time to time love and enjoy an emotional romantic drama, and international and foreign films do just fine with the theme and genre. This latest independent work from "A24" called "Past Lives" is one touching and powerful journey of how the past and the lives of people can come full circle. The films spans forward and shows flashbacks also. It is the story of two childhood friends Nora(Greta Lee) and Hae who grow up in South Korea and they seemed destined for each other only when Nora and her family move to New York City things change. Yet many years later Hae finds Nora on face book and facetime and connects with her. Only as in life and love their emotions take different paths as Nora marries another playwright. Only Hae Sung does journey to New York city to meet her and the love, memories, and connection is felt as you the viewer see the emotions of friendship, culture and it has both asking as to what might have been, yet other things must have been meant. As thru the connection and rediscovery Nora still stays married. Overall good well done film of love, and reconnection showing how fate and chance and change plays a part in life.