Preparation for the Next Life

Love isn’t an escape, it’s a reason to keep going.

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Drama
Romance

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.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: September 5, 2025
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Production: Orion Pictures,Plan B Entertainment,PASTEL,Amazon MGM Studios
Cast: Sebiye Behtiyar,Fred Hechinger,Landyn Lu,Ella Rouwen Chen,B. Todd Johnston,Maxwell Almono,Justin Cotta,Alicher Adill,Dralla Aierken,Erden Uyghurand 36 more
Director: Bing Liu
Writer: Atticus Lish,Martyna Majok
Producer: Bing Liu,Mark Ceryak,Dede Gardner,Jeremy Kleiner,Sophia Lin,Adele Romanski,Brad Pitt,Barry Jenkins
Cinematography: Ante Cheng
Music: Emile Mosseri
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: $43,421
IMDb: tt31727191