'Past Lives' is nominated for 2 Oscars including best picture, best original screenplay

Sunday, March 10, 2024
"Past Lives" is nominated for two Oscars this year including best picture and best original screenplay for writer-director Celine Song

WATCH: Celine Song speaks with George Pennacchio on the Oscars red carpet
Celine Song, director of "Past Lives," speaks with George Pennacchio on the Oscars red carpet


In her first time out, Song crafted a lyrical work of art out of her own life as a 12-year-old girl who leaves her family home and her boy crush Hae Sung in South Korea to grow up in Canada.
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The luminous Greta Lee stars as the adult Nora, who's now a playwright in New York City and married to Arthur (John Magaro), an American, when Hae Sung (Teo Yoo) decides to visit Nora in Manhattan.

Here are the categories that "Past Lives" is nominated for:

  • Best picture

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  • Best original screenplay: Celine Song


ABC News' Peter Travers contributed to this report.

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