The film names it: Nora and Arthur talk about Eternal Sunshine midway through Past Lives, another story about whether a love can be undone, and what remains of a person once they are gone from your life.
Film· 2023· Romance
Past Lives
by Celine Song
Past Lives: it draws on 2 recorded sources.
What influenced Past Lives
The works this one is recorded as drawing on.
Real-world influences
Events, places, movements and ideas outside fiction that this work is recorded as drawing on.
Personal Experiences
Real world
Real-world influenceHIGH
- Immigration experience
- First love
Celine Song drew on her own life: emigrating from Seoul as a child, and a night in a New York bar sitting between her husband and a childhood friend visiting from Korea.