Past Lives
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Past Lives is a 2023 romantic drama film written and directed by Celine Song that follows two childhood friends from South Korea reuniting decades later in New York, exploring themes of fate, identity, and missed opportunities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Past Lives canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13006145 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Past Lives Context triple: [John Magaro, notableWork, Past Lives]
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A.
Afterlives
Afterlives is a book by Richard O’Rawe, likely dealing with themes related to Irish history, conflict, or its aftermath, reflecting his background as a former IRA prisoner and writer.
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Afterlives
Afterlives is a historical novel by Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah that follows intertwined lives in German-occupied East Africa and its aftermath, exploring themes of colonialism, memory, and survival.
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C.
Two Lives
Two Lives is a memoir by Reeve Lindbergh that reflects on her complex family legacy and the contrasting lives of her parents, aviator Charles Lindbergh and writer Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
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D.
Past Life
"Past Life" is a television series in which Brendan Hines starred, centered on investigators who use past-life regression to help solve present-day crimes.
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E.
Three Lives
Three Lives is a 1909 modernist short story collection by Gertrude Stein that experiments with language and narrative in portraying the inner lives of three working-class women.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Past Lives Target entity description: Past Lives is a 2023 romantic drama film written and directed by Celine Song that follows two childhood friends from South Korea reuniting decades later in New York, exploring themes of fate, identity, and missed opportunities.
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A.
Afterlives
Afterlives is a book by Richard O’Rawe, likely dealing with themes related to Irish history, conflict, or its aftermath, reflecting his background as a former IRA prisoner and writer.
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B.
Afterlives
Afterlives is a historical novel by Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah that follows intertwined lives in German-occupied East Africa and its aftermath, exploring themes of colonialism, memory, and survival.
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C.
Two Lives
Two Lives is a memoir by Reeve Lindbergh that reflects on her complex family legacy and the contrasting lives of her parents, aviator Charles Lindbergh and writer Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
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D.
Past Life
"Past Life" is a television series in which Brendan Hines starred, centered on investigators who use past-life regression to help solve present-day crimes.
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E.
Three Lives
Three Lives is a 1909 modernist short story collection by Gertrude Stein that experiments with language and narrative in portraying the inner lives of three working-class women.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
South Korean American film
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film ⓘ romantic drama film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Shabier Kirchner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
South Korea
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | widespread critical acclaim ⓘ |
| director | Celine Song NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedIn |
South Korea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributor | A24 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Keith Fraase NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
New York City
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Seoul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | two childhood friends from South Korea reuniting in New York City ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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romantic drama ⓘ |
| language |
English
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Korean ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Arthur
NERFINISHED
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Hae Sung NERFINISHED ⓘ Nora NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Christopher Bear
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Daniel Rossen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | spans multiple decades ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
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Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ |
| notableFor | exploration of inyeon, a Korean concept of fate and connection ⓘ |
| portrays |
childhood friendship
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cross-cultural relationships ⓘ immigrant experience ⓘ romantic longing ⓘ |
| productionCompany | A24 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2023 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 106 ⓘ |
| screenDebutFeatureOf | Celine Song NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenplayBy | Celine Song NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
New York City
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South Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Greta Lee
NERFINISHED
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John Magaro NERFINISHED ⓘ Teo Yoo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
fate
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identity ⓘ missed opportunities ⓘ |
| worldPremiereAt | Sundance Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worldPremiereYear | 2023 ⓘ |
| writer | Celine Song NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Past Lives Description of subject: Past Lives is a 2023 romantic drama film written and directed by Celine Song that follows two childhood friends from South Korea reuniting decades later in New York, exploring themes of fate, identity, and missed opportunities.
Referenced by (2)
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