Preparation for the Next Life
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.
Preparation for the Next Life
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.
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'Preparation for the Next Life' Review: Why Is Amazon Dumping This?
Bing Liu's respectable drama 'Preparation for the Next Life' follows much the same path as fellow docmaker RaMell Ross. Why is Amazon burying it?
‘Preparation for the Next Life’ Filmmaker Bing Liu on His Narrative Feature Debut and Why a ‘Minding the Gap’ Sequel Is Unlikely
The director says it would be challenging to recreate the conditions behind his Oscar-nominated skating doc, which nobody could have anticipated would become such a success.
‘Preparation for the Next Life’ Review: A Bittersweet Immigrant Love Story Thrives on Two Terrific Performances
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‘Preparation for the Next Life’ Review: Bittersweet Immigrant Romance
Bing Liu makes his fiction debut with a superbly acted drama chronicling the unstable relationship between an undocumented woman and a U.S. Army vet.
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Bing Liu's 'Preparation for the Next Life' First Look
Fred Hechinger and Sebiye Behtiyar lead Bing Liu's narrative debut 'Preparation for the Next Life' at Amazon MGM Studios. See first-look photos here.
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