Preparation for the Next Life
Love isn’t an escape, it’s a reason to keep going.
2025 en 115 minutes
Rating: 4.5
Plot
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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Cast
Sebiye Behtiyar
Aishe
Fred Hechinger
Skinner
Landyn Lu
Munro
Ella Rouwen Chen
Chen
B. Todd Johnston
Jim
Maxwell Almono
Luis
Justin Cotta
Cop (Times Square)
Alicher Adill
Aziz
Dralla Aierken
Arzu
Erden Uyghur
Young Aishe
Esther Chen
Min
Celine Cheung
Yi
Jessica Ma
Ma
Whitney Chi
Chi
Winnie Guo
Guo
Gabriel Furman
Officer Furman
Joshua De Jesus
Officer De Jesus
Divina Ito
Deputy
Jasmin Richardson
Jasmin
Tien-Li Wu
Tien-Li
Lynn Xiong
Yu
Myrna Cabello
Myrna
Austin Owens Kelly
Cashier
Nasi Mirsalahuddin
Street Meat Vendor
Doug Yasuda
Doug
Bernadette Quigley
Mrs. Murphy
James DiGiacomo
Jake
Eddie Yu
Polo
Michelle Mao
Angela
Sze Chan
Sassoon
Mingjie Li
Sunnie
Sharon Gee
Zhang Zhuojin
Jack Williams
Johnny H.
Mick Dempsey
McIntyre
Nnamdi Nwosa
Tourist
Way Zen
Herbalist
Eon Song
Plexiglass Woman
Lillian Zhou
Receptinoist
Jing Xu
Lawyer
TJ Lee
Clerk
Fady Kerko
Mullah
Clem Cheung
Kitchen Boss
Bret Bailey
Immigration Judge
John Maria Gutierrez
Gold Tooth
Matt Meinsen
Bailiff
Imaan Rizwan
Colorful Headscarf Woman
