Resurrection
Opens January 23, 2026
This phantasmagoric dream machine from visionary Chinese director Bi Gan (Long Day’s Journey Into Night) is an elusive yet monumental love letter to a century of cinema, unfolding over five chapters that feature a dazzling array of styles and genres.
This phantasmagoric dream machine from visionary Chinese director Bi Gan (Long Day’s Journey Into Night) is an elusive yet monumental love letter to a century of cinema. Unfolding over five chapters that feature a dazzling array of styles, Resurrection is a cascade of imagery united by a luminous mythopoetic conceit: in a sci-fi-coded world where people have lost the desire to dream in the hopes of prolonging life, rogue “fantasmers” continue to stoke their imaginations and exist within unreality. From this magical premise, the film sends its ever-morphing protagonist (Jackson Yee) through a series of genres, from Méliès-inflected silent fantasy to wartime thriller to con-artist buddy picture to millennial vampire romance—the latter depicted in one of Bi’s customary, and ever astonishing, single takes. Even within genre parameters, the director never takes the road well-traveled, offering jolts and marvels around every corner. Resurrection is one of the most audacious and ambitious gifts for cinematic thrill-seekers in many a moon.
- Director: Bi Gan
- Principal Cast: Jackson Yee, Shu Qi, Mark Chao, Gengxi Li, Jue Huang
- Country: China, France
- Year: 2025
- Running Time: 160 min.
- Producer: Yang Lele, Charles Gillibert, Shan Zuolong
- Screenplay: Zhai Xiaohui, Bi Gan
- Cinematographers: Dong Jingsong
- Editors: Bai Xue, Bi Gan
- Music: M83
- Awards: Cannes 2025 (Prix Spécial)
- Language: Mandarin
- Has Subtitles: Yes
- US Distributor: Janus Films
- International Sales: Les Films du Losange