Resurrection

This phantasmagoric dream from visionary Chinese director Bi Gan is an audacious, monumental love letter to a century of cinema. 

Presented in five chapters filmed in a dazzling array of styles, Resurrection’s mind-blowing imagery is united by a single science fiction premise: in a world where people have surrendered their dreams in exchange for the hope of prolonging life, rogue “fantasmers” continue to tug at their imaginations.

The continually morphing protagonist (Jackson Yee) roams through a wonderland of cinematic genres, from Méliès-style fantasy to buddy picture to millennial vampire romance—the latter filmed in an astonishing single take. 

By reimagining everything we’ve come to believe cinema can do, Bi Gan has created a work of staggering imagination on every level, designed for the most adventurous moviegoers. In Chinese with English subtitles.

“A cinephile’s delight... Electric, fantastic, deliriously inventive.” —Manohla Dargis, The New York Times