fucking phenomenal. lots of thoughts (and tears) here. i was so moved by how deftly song weaves the immigrant experience into the what-is / what-could-have-been romance centered in the movie.

so many films treat the first & second gen experience as a “not enough” - an eternal lack of belonging from straddling cultures. past lives subverts this in a BEAUTIFUL way. we see the life nora forges over 24 years as a true patchwork of past and present: her ambition evolves across…