Preparation for the Next Life
Love isn’t an escape, it’s a reason to keep going.
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.
- Director
- Bing Liu
- Worldwide
- $43,421
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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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- Worldwide gross
- $43,421
- Release date
- Sep 5, 2025
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English, Uighur
- Country
- United States of America
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