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Past Lives, the first feature from writer-director Celine Song, begins with a guessing game: There are three people sitting in a bar, drinking in the early morning. We are watching the trio from a distance, unable to hear what they are saying. Off-screen people are making up possible back stories. The two Koreans are tourists, says one of them, and the white man sitting to his left is their guide. No, answers the other, the lady and the white boy are a couple, and the Korean man is her old friend.  The camera pans to the woman sitting between these men, as the voices continue to push alternate histories back and forth. The woman, her name is Nora Moon, finally looks at the camera and gives us a Mona Lisa smile. She knows the answer, but doesn't say it. Not yet. Director: Celine Song Writer: Celine Song Stars: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro Perhaps, in some alternate universe or ancient timeline, these three experienced all the scenarios of the unseen patterns. Past Lives is obsess...