Resurrection

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In a future where humanity has surrendered its ability to dream in exchange for immortality, an outcast (Jackson Yee) finds illusion, nightmarish visions, and beauty in an intoxicating world of his own making. A work of staggering imagination from visionary Chinese director Bi Gan (Long Day's Journey Into Night), Resurrection conjures vast and ever-shifting worlds on the brink of collapse in an era-spanning journey through our deepest and most human desires.

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Pushing against the boundaries of storytelling with overwhelming style, Bi Gan's Resurrection is equal parts inscrutable and invigoratingly awake to the endless possibilities of cinema.

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Teresa Xie

NPR

Jan 27

By making a film that is as much a dream as it is a movie, Bi paints cinema as a mélange of the past, present, future and beyond.

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Jake Wilson

Sydney Morning Herald

Jan 2

3/5

The emotion that comes through most strongly is Bi’s determination to dazzle us any way he can, as if fearful his own time in the spotlight might soon run out.

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Richard Whittaker

Austin Chronicle

Jan 2

4/5

A cavalcade of strange images that take the language of cinema into his sleeping fantasies and bring it back more vibrant than ever.

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Andrew Wyatt

The Take-Up

Jan 22

Every auteur must eventually make their Inland Empire, and Bi Gan does not disappoint: His sprawling, mysterious ode to the movies and the deep sense memories they inspire is a treasure worth revisiting and untangling.

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Neil Pond

Neil's Entertainment Picks

Jan 20

4/5

An immersive, hyper-visual, wildly imaginative arthouse-movie experience, suggesting that watching a film is a lot like dreaming, seeing into other worlds, viewing experiences that aren’t our own.

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Diane Carson

AWFJ.org

Jan 12

Chronicling one hundred plus years of cinema’s history, including multiple genres and the unique stylistic signature for each, Chinese director Bi Gan’s "Resurrection" astonishes with its imaginative flourishes and sustained engagement.

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Robyn K

Jan 16

So boring and ambiguous. Not even beautiful to watch!

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William

Jan 13

Beat looking movie of the year

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Rad

Jan 9

one of the year's best. 4th story was beautiful beyond words.

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jesse v

Jan 7

Abstractism at its finest in this anthology series of films where the cinematography is too immaculate and methodical for the runtime of the whole thing.

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Chris L

Jan 7

Have no idea what its about, the worst movie of my life. Congratulations if you can understand! Shu Qi is my favorite star but this is terrible movie.

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Yan J

Jan 7

Terrible, no meaning

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In a future where humanity has surrendered its ability to dream in exchange for immortality, an outcast (Jackson Yee) finds illusion, nightmarish visions, and beauty in an intoxicating world of his own making. A work of staggering imagination from visionary Chinese director Bi Gan (Long Day's Journey Into Night), Resurrection conjures vast and ever-shifting worlds on the brink of collapse in an era-spanning journey through our deepest and most human desires.

Director: Gan Bi
Producer: Zuolong Shan, Yang Lele, Charles Gillibert
Screenwriter: Gan Bi, Zhao Xiaohui
Distributor: Janus Films
Production Co: Huace Pictures, Dangmai Films
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 12, 2025, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $610.3K
Runtime: 2h 43m