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Past Lives 2023
Went into the theater expecting to relate to a film, having being a "kyopo" immigrant myself, and to cry, but I left pretty angry.
The thing I couldn't get over is the fact that they romanticize the 'what-could-have-been' love overseas by completely dismissing the ugliness of Kyopo diaspora. Being one myself, this made it difficult to see past it and just accept this film as something relatable just because I'm Korean or because I felt this way about someone before,…
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