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Preparation for the Next Life (2025)
Directed by Bing Liu
Overview
Aishe, a Uyghur woman trained by her military father, migrates to New York City where she finds herself laboring in Chinatown’s underground kitchens. She fatefully encounters Skinner, a young American soldier who has just returned from three tours in the Middle East. While falling in love, they discover the possibility of a better life together than the ones they believed they were destined to live alone.
Rated R | Length 115 minutes
Actors
Sebiya Behtiyar | Fred Hechinger | Landyn Lu | Ella Rouwen Chen | B. Todd Johnson | Maxwell Almono | Justin Cotta | Alicher Adill | Dralla Aierken | Erden Uyghur | Esther Chen | Celine Cheung | Jessica Ma | Whitney Chi | Winnie Guo | Gabriel Furman | Joshua De Jesus | Divina Ito | Jasmin Richardson | Tien-Li Wu | Lynn Xiong | Myrna Cabello | Austin Owens Kelly | Nasi Mirsalahuddin | Doug Yasuda | Bernadette Quigley | James DiGiacomo | Eddie Yu | Michelle Fang | Sze Chan | Mingjie Li | Sharon Gee | Jack Williams | Mick Dempsey | Nnamdi Nwosa | Way Zen | Eon Song | Lillian Zhou | Jing Xu | T.J. Lee | Fady Kerko | Clem Cheung | Bret Bailey | John Maria Gutierrez | Matt Meinsen | Imaan Rizwan