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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Rob Silverman Ascher

Chicago Reader

1d

Resurrection is a total work of art, an immersive and layered metafilm that must be seen to be believed.

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Ty Burr

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2d

4/4

Resurrection is a full-sensory experience; indeed, each chapter is framed around the theme of the six Buddhist senses: Sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch and mind.

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Adam Nayman

Toronto Star

Dec 12

3.5/4

Simply put, no working filmmaker is better at taking the audience for a ride.

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Maxance Vincent

Awards Radar

2d

4/4

Resurrection abandons all notions of space and time to deliver a major cinematic event that draws on cinema history while simultaneously prompting us to reflect on our own human history.

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

4d

Those who found "Long Day" somewhat impenetrable will be even more baffled by this exquisite-corpse structure of cryptic, successive narratives. Taken as pure phantasmagoria, however it achieves a level of aesthetic sumptuousness that’s its own reward.

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Timothy Lee

Geeks of Color

Dec 17

10/10

Resurrection stands out because it focuses less on the mechanical aspects of what makes films and filmmaking essential and more on the spiritual nature of cinema and why this art form influences us so much.

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Grace M

3d

Jackson is really good in the movie.

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Steph B

@gotham-movie-lover 3d

Resurrection is a captivating cinematic feast for the eyes. The sets, the lighting & direction, the saturation of color and shadow are a master class. However, the story is confusing and tedious at best, the subtitles go by too fast to read them all, the film is unnecessarily long, and it misses on its ability to emotionally pull the viewer towards any of the characters.

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Ian W.

@iwaldman 4d

Is all film art? That is the question. This film is art. That is a statement. Resurrection is a six part story each one focusing on one of the six buddhist senses (the mind being the 6th). What we really have here are a collection of short stories threaded together by an initial premise. I found this to be preferable because as you appreciate each story individually, simultaneously you have another layer to explore them on when you try to put them together. A mind puzzle that, frankly, many will find frustrating and unappealing, but I found it to be worth the ride. After all, its been a while since we’ve had a sci-fi, genre bending, anthology It must be emphasized how different each of the six parts are from one another in every way, whether that be tone, style time period etc. On a side note, this film has a beautiful score that also evolves from part to part. While some of the parts were very demanding on the viewer, others were easier to digest. I thought the director Bi Gan was conscious of this and made some very wise decisions with how he decided to structure this film. This film is not for everyone and it’s not a straightforward narrative, but if you feel up to the task, watch this film and give it the time it deserves. It can be watched in six parts, but it’s best consumed whole. It’s an abstract painting depicting what could be describe as a fever dream, riding the tracks of your emotions straight through your mind and stopping at your heart. When you come to the end, you are bound to feel something, regardless of you understood everything that unfolded before you.

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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): $138.3K
Runtime: 2h 43m