I have always found the concept of past lives or alternate universes quite comforting; the idea that somewhere another version of me made connections I missed, or missed connections that I made, and took a different path in life.
Past Lives is a beautiful film that explores this idea and links it to the Korean concept of In-Yun, the belief that even the most casual of connections between people in our life is destined by relationships shared in past lives.
The film is an honest and thoughtful grown up love story, showing that reality is not a fairytale and destiny is malleable as we change and grow. Chance and circumstance shape our lives as much as fate, and every misstep, choice taken and decision made leads us to the person we are today.