Curious what else life could have had in store for you if you had made different decisions? That’s the theme of Past Lives (2023), Celine Song’s feature directorial debut, which screened as part of the Berlinale. One of Sundance’s more acclaimed films, the romantic drama focuses on the connection between main character Nora (Greta Lee) and her childhood best friend Hae Sung (Teo Yoo).
Nora and Hae Sung develop a crush on each other as they attend primary school in…
Set in Italy’s Valle D'Aosta, The Eight Mountains (2022) follows Pietro (Luca Marinelli) and Bruno’s (Alessandro Borghi) budding friendship. Pietro is a boy from the city, Bruno is the last child of a forgotten mountain village. When Pietro’s parents rent an apartment in the village over summer, the two boys spend weeks on end together at Bruno’s family farm, in the mountains and playing around. End of Summer, Pietro goes back to Turin while Bruno stays behind.
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