Preparation for the Next Life

Sep 5, 2025

1h 55m

★ 5.0

Love isn’t an escape, it’s a reason to keep going.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Orion Pictures

Plan B Entertainment

PASTEL

Preparation for the Next Life Trailers

Cast

Aishe

Sebiye Behtiyar

Skinner

Fred Hechinger

Munro

Landyn Lu

Chen

Ella Rouwen Chen

Jim

B. Todd Johnston

Luis

Maxwell Almono

Cop (Times Square)

Justin Cotta

Aziz

Alicher Adill

Arzu

Dralla Aierken

Young Aishe

Erden Uyghur

Min

Esther Chen

Celine Cheung

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