Celine Song’s feature debut has been a major critical hit \u2013\u00a0and now it’s arriving in UK cinemas. <\/p>
Of all the films to have debuted in 2023, few have been greeted with a more rapturous reception than Past Lives<\/a>.<\/p>\n Writer\/director Celine Song\u2019s debut feature, which tells of two South Korean childhood sweethearts who reconnect in New York many years later, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January before opening in US cinemas in June.<\/p>\n It now finally arrives on this side of the Atlantic on a wave of strong early Oscar buzz \u2013 and speaking to RadioTimes.com<\/a> earlier in the summer, Song admitted she\u2019s found the reaction so far extremely gratifying.<\/p> \u201cThere\u2019s a part of it where, as a filmmaker, what I love best is when they talk about the craft of the film and things like that,\u201d she said. \u201cThat, of course, is really wonderful for my vanity!\u201d<\/p>\n But she said that ultimately the most pleasing thing to her is when viewers have connected to the film on a more personal, emotional level.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the end of the day, the thing that really moves me every time is when the audience sort of lets the story get under their skin and lets it become a part of their lives,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd then lets it be a kind of like\u2026 you know, a part of the language they have. For example, nothing moves me more than when an audience member weeks after having seen it is still using the word \u2018inyeon\u2019 as a part of their lives.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd they talk about it as \u2018now I can\u2019t think of any connection without thinking about inyeon\u2019. So, any kind of, like, actual, meaningful impact that the movie has.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Inyeon is a Korean concept with no direct English translation that plays a pivotal role in the film \u2013 referring to the small connections that tie people together over many lives.<\/p>\n And Song explained that it was the perfect word to describe the \u201cineffable\u201d relationship between the film\u2019s main characters.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you think about the two principal characters in the film, Hae Sung and Nora, who they are to each other is actually\u2026 it can\u2019t just be kind of boiled down to one word,\u201d she said<\/p>\n \u201cLike, they\u2019re not really exes, because they only held hands as children. And they\u2019re not really friends, because I think friends talk more regularly than they do. And, of course, even throughout their lives, as you see in the movie, who they are to each other changes.<\/p>\n \u201cSo I think, because of that, there was no way to really describe who they are to each other, except for this word that I know, having grown up a little bit in Korean culture.\u201d<\/p>\n Past Lives is in UK cinemas from Friday 8th September 2023. Check out more of our Film <\/a>and\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0coverage, or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310, PLUS a \u00a310 John Lewis and Partners voucher delivered to your home \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong>For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Celine Song’s feature debut has been a major critical hit \u2013\u00a0and now it’s arriving in UK cinemas. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Celine Song's feature debut has been a major critical hit \u2013\u00a0and now it's arriving in UK cinemas.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/36596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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