Country: China, France, USA
Year: 2025
Duration: 160'
In a world where humanity has lost the ability to dream, one creature remains entranced by the fading illusions of the dreamworld. This monster, drifting in reverie, clings to visions no one else can see—until a woman appears. Gifted with the rare power to perceive these illusions for what they truly are, she chooses to enter the monster’s dreams, determined to uncover the truth hidden within them. Resurrection is a two-and-a-half-hour odyssey through a century of dreams and illusions — a hypnotic reflection on memory, time, and the very soul of cinema.
Biography
film director
Gan Bi
(Kaili, Cina, 1989) studied at the Shanxi Institute of Communication in Taiyuan. His debut feature Kaili Blues (2015) won awards at Locarno and the Golden Horse Awards, while his second film Long Day’s Journey into Night (2018) premiered at Cannes (Un Certain Regard), earning worldwide acclaim for its visionary 3D long take. In 2022, he directed A Short Story, told through the eyes of a cat. Resurrection marks his third feature film and his second French co-production: it was presented in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Special Prize.
FILMOGRAFIA
Nánfāng (South, cm, 2010), Lǎohǔ (Tiger, cm, 2011), Jīngāng jīng (Diamond Sutra, cm, 2012), Lù biān yěcān (Kaili Blues, cm, 2015), Mìmì jīnyú (cm, 2016), Dìqiú zuìhòu de yèwǎn (Un lungo viaggio nella notte, 2018), Pòsuì tàiyáng zhī xīn (A Short Story, cm, 2022), Kuángyě shídài (Resurrection, 2025).
Declaration
film director
“After Long Day’s Journey into Night, I realized I could no longer work the same way. The world had changed — and so had I. I wanted to tell a story that could span an entire century, condensing a hundred years of human destiny into a single film. For me, cinema is the language of fate: every person, every land, every era carries its own dream and its own burden. With Resurrection, I wanted to create a film that is at once a memory, a dream, and a shared vision.”
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR, STORY: Bi Gan. SCREENPLAY: Bi Gan, Zhai Xiaohui. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Dong Jinsong. EDITING: Bi Gan, Bai Xue. PRODUCTION DESIGN: Liu Qiang, Tu Nan. COSTUME DESIGN: Hwarng Wern-Ying. MUSIC: M83. SOUND: Li Danfeng. CAST: Jackson Yee, Shu Qi, Mark Chao, Li Gengxi, Tai Zhaomei, Huang Jue, Mr. Luo, Chen Yongzhong, Zhang Zhijian, Chloe Maayan, Yan Nan, Guo Mucheng. PRODUCTION: Shan Zuolong, Charles Gillibert, Yang Lele for Huace Pictures, Dangmaifilms, CG Cinéma.
CONTACT: I Wonder Pictures distribution@iwonderpictures.it
