‘Past Lives’ Actor Greta Lee Grew Up Going to K-Town, So We Should Trust All Her Picks The native Angeleno stars in the new A24 film Past Lives and shares her old haunts and new loves in Koreatown ...

“Past Lives” opens with three people at a New York City restaurant being observed from afar. In voice-over, we hear two people speculating about who the trio might be, and what their situation is.

Celine Song’s film debut, starring Greta Lee, follows two childhood friends who share a wistful kind of love across two decades and two continents.

On the surface, “Past Lives” has a deceptively simple premise. Na Young and Hae Sung are 12-year-olds in Seoul, South Korea, who are separated when Na Young’s family immigrates to Canada.