Resurrection

In a near future, humanity has traded the ability to dream for biological immortality, leaving nightly imagination extinct. One social outcast rejects that bargain by creating a vivid inner realm, where hallucination, nightmares, and fragile beauty coexist. As he builds this private cosmos, he's watching memories and identities blur, and the boundary between manufactured illusion and genuine feeling thins. The film follows his experiments with perception, the risks he takes to preserve what he experiences, and the relationships that form around his visions, without revealing how those experiments ultimately end. The tone mixes melancholy with strange wonder, and it keeps the viewer unsure which parts are real and which are inventions of his mind. He faces skepticism and desire still.

Directed by Bi Gan and released in 2025, Resurrection stars Jackson Yee, Shu Qi and Mark Chao. The film blends science fiction, fantasy and romantic elements, and it was presented at several international festivals before a wider limited release elsewhere.

Theatrical run was limited, with festival screenings and select market engagements. Precise global box office figures have not been widely published, so its commercial reach appears modest overall, though it found an audience in art house venues and on streaming.

Resurrection prompted conversation among cinephiles about a future without dreams, and its surreal visuals and immersive sound design became frequent topics on film forums. Jackson Yee's performance, playing several facets of a fractured self, has generated attention while some younger filmmakers cite its imagery in stylistic discussions and video essays.

Critical response has leaned toward mixed to positive, reflected in a 7.2/10 audience vote average from 29 votes. Reviewers highlighted its exploration of identity, memory and the cost of immortality, noting the film favors mood and sensation over conventional plot mechanics, and it risks ambiguity to probe longing and loss.