Past Lives (2023)
Directed by Celine Song
Two childhood friends in Seoul are separated when one girl's family emigrates to Toronto; they reconnect online twelve years later and meet again in New York twelve years after that.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Seoul, South Korea≈ 00:04:00Stated on screen
Twelve-year-old Na Young and Hae Sung walk home from school together before her family emigrates.
- 2Toronto, Ontario≈ 00:16:00Stated on screen
The family arrives in Toronto and Na Young takes the name Nora.
- 3Nora's apartment≈ 00:18:00New York City, New YorkStated on screen
Twelve years on, Nora is a playwright in New York and reconnects with Hae Sung over video calls.
- 3Hae Sung's Seoul≈ 00:18:00Seoul, South KoreaStated on screen
In Seoul, Hae Sung studies engineering and talks to Nora across the time difference.
- 4Montauk, New York≈ 00:42:00Stated on screen
At a writers' residency in Montauk, Nora meets Arthur.
- 5Hae Sung's visit≈ 00:55:00New York City, New YorkStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 22,556 km
- Places
- 4
- Countries
- 3
- Stops
- 6
- Plane: 21,654 km
- Not shown: 903 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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