The 2023 film Past Lives, which will open in Pittsburgh-area theaters on June 22, will have (at least) a two-week run at the Harris Theater from June 30. A synopsis, from the distributor A24:
A budding childhood romance between Nora and Hae Sung, classmates at a primary school in Seoul, ends abruptly when Nora’s family emigrates to Canada. Twelve years later, Nora, now a playwriting student in New York, notices that Hae Sung’s been searching social media for her. They reconnect online, begin talking frequently, and even imagine a reunion. But another dozen years pass before they finally meet over a few fateful days during his visit to New York. Although their lives have changed dramatically, they remain bound by a wistful connection.It is scheduled to run, so far, from June 30 through July 13, and tickets are available online. The Harris Theater is located in downtown's Cultural District (map).
An aching, deeply romantic debut feature from playwright Celine Song (Endlings), PAST LIVES is a love story — indeed, several — told across three moments in time. Song’s artful aesthetic and profound character writing, and the spellbinding performances she draws from Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, and John Magaro (whose fates intertwine) explore love, identity, and “In Yun,” a Korean notion of fate stemming from two people’s connection in a past life. It’s that rarest of works that transports us, impossibly, to someplace deep in our souls, in between a life we’ve longed for and the life we live.
