The Sundance Film Festival premiere of “Past Lives” was approaching, and star Greta Lee had just one question for director Celine Song: Would it be OK if we just didn’t show the movie? Ten months later, Lee thought back to that moment and laughed. “Yes, I admit that I did make that ridiculous and absurd request,” she said. “I was very gently reminded that actually showing it was pretty much integral to the process of filmmaking.”
Fortunately, Sundance did screen “Past Lives,” a lovely and understated film in which Lee plays a playwright who left Korea at age 12 and now lives with her husband in New York City, where she receives a visit from the childhood boyfriend she hasn’t seen in decades.
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