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RUNTIME
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Clocks in at 159 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
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Resurrection
"What is it that, once lost, you can never get back?"
2025 2h 39m ZH
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7.2
SOLID
★7.2TMDB · 126
Science FictionFantasyDrama
Synopsis
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In a world where humanity has lost the ability to dream in exchange for eternal life, one creature remains entranced by the fading illusions of the dreamworld. This monster, adrift in reverie, clings to visions no one else can see - until a woman appears. As she allows him to dream one final time, his life of different identities is replayed as they journey through his century of existence.
“What is it that, once lost, you can never get back?”
Cast
Jackson Yee
Deliriant / Qiu Moyun / Mongrel / Jia Shengjun / Apollo
Shu Qi
The Big Other / Mother / Voiceover
Mark Chao You-ting
Commander
Li Gengxi
Tai Zhaomei
Huang Jue
Mr. Luo
Chen Yongzhong
Spirit of Bitterness
Guo Mucheng
Girl
Zhang Zhijian
Old Man
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Bi Gan
- Writers
- Bi Gan, Bi Gan, Zhai Xiaohui
- Languages
- Mandarin
- Countries
- China, France
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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ERA
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Released last year.
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WORLD
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International production across 2 countries: China, France.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Bi Gan, shot by Dong Jinsong. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Anthony Gonzalez. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Xue Bai shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Jackson Yee and Shu Qi and Mark Chao You-ting carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "What is it that, once lost, you can never get back?".
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Bi Gan directs. Dong Jinsong behind the camera. Anthony Gonzalez scores. Xue Bai cuts. Produced in China, France. Dialogue in Mandarin.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Clocks in at 159 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
- 2Released last year.
- 3International production across 2 countries: China, France.
- 4Directed by Bi Gan, shot by Dong Jinsong. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Original score by Anthony Gonzalez. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 6Editor Xue Bai shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 7Jackson Yee and Shu Qi and Mark Chao You-ting carry the top of the cast.
- 8Marketing tagline: "What is it that, once lost, you can never get back?".
- 9IMDB entry: tt29002950 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 10Released under 14 different titles around the world.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Dong Jinsong
- Original score
- Anthony Gonzalez
- Editing
- Xue Bai
- Production design
- Liu Qiang
- Costume design
- Huang Wen-ying
- VFX supervisor
- Strilen Liu
- Sound
- Dan-feng Li
- Runtime
- 159 min · 2h 39m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Box office
- $27,783,000
- Original language
- ZH
- Certification (US)
- NR
Also by
Bi Gan
Stills · wallpapers
Selected frames
Full-resolution frames — open one to save it as a wallpaper.
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
Dangmai Films
CN
Huace Media
CN
Maoyan Entertainment
CN
- DA
Daxi Culture Media
CN
- PO
Poly Film Investment
CN
- MU
Muxin Culture Communication
CN
- YA
Yanhuadeng Media
CN
- LE
Leopard Films
- TI
Tianyue Culture Media
- CR
Creative Pioneer International
CG Cinéma
FR
- CH
Chengdu Film Group
CN
Key crew
- Production DesignLiu Qiang
- EditorXue Bai
- EditorBi Gan
- ProducerShan Zuolong
- ProducerYang Lele
- ProducerCharles Gillibert
- Executive ProducerBi Gan
- Costume DesignHuang Wen-ying
- Executive ProducerWan Juan
- Chief Lighting TechnicianWeiliang Mao
- PresenterKaren Fu
- Chief Lighting TechnicianChien Xiaoyong
- Visual Effects SupervisorStrilen Liu
- Visual Effects SupervisorLisa Fisher
- Visual Effects SupervisorChi Kit Chan
- Sound DirectorLi Danfeng
- Production DesignTu Nan
- Lighting DirectorWong Chi-Ming
- Associate ProducerChi Qingbo
- Co-ProducerZhang Zhuo
- Co-ProducerXincai Xia
- Associate ProducerXue Fei
- Associate ProducerQi Ai
- Associate ProducerZhou Zhou
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- five senses
- experimental cinema
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2025-10-02· Beyond Fest
- Premiere2025-10-05· New York Film Festival
- Premiere2025-10-25· Chicago International Film Festival
- Premiere2025-10-17· Orcas Island Film Festival
- Premiere2025-10-22· Virginia Film Festival
- Premiere2025-10-21· Vermont International Film Festival / Philadelphia Film Festival
- Premiere2025-11-01· IFFBoston Fall Focus
- Premiere2025-10-18· Hawai‘i International Film Festival / Montclair Film Festival
- Premiere2025-11-08· Denver Film Festival
- Premiere2025-11-09· San Diego Asian Film Festival
Also known as
International titles
- Kuang ye shi daiCN
- Kuangye shidaiCN
- RésurrectionFR
- القيامةSA
- رستاخیزIR
- ResurrectionUS
- ВъзкресениеBG
- ResurrecciónMX
- 광야시대KR
- ZmartwychwstaniePL
- ВоскрешениеRU
- 狂野時代HK
- PrisikėlimasLT
- VzkříšeníCZ
