Movie · Drama · Romance

A Uyghur woman moves to New York where she labours in Chinatown's underground kitchens. As she falls in love with a young soldier, they discover the possibility of a better life together than the ones they believed they were destined to live alone.

2025 · 1h 57m
Director Bing Liu

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Preparation for the Next Life

Drama

A Uyghur woman moves to New York where she labours in Chinatown's underground kitchens. As she falls in love with a young soldier, they discover the possibility of a better life together than the ones they believed they were destined to live alone.

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Average 7.2
Reviews 34
Fresh 33
Rotten 1

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Studio
Amazon MGM Studios
Released
2025
Run Time
1 hr 57 min
Region of Origin
United States
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Languages

Original Audio
English
Subtitles

English (United States) (SDH), Arabic (United Arab Emirates) , Chinese, Simplified , Chinese, Traditional , Czech (Czechia) , Danish (Denmark) , Dutch (Netherlands) , Filipino (Philippines) , Finnish (Finland) , French (France) , German (Germany) , Hindi (India) , Hungarian (Hungary) , Indonesian (Indonesia) , Italian (Italy) , Japanese (Japan) , Malay (Malaysia) , Norwegian (Norway) , Polish (Poland) , Portuguese (Brazil) , Portuguese (Portugal) , Romanian (Romania) , Spanish (Latin America) , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish (Sweden) , Thai (Thailand) , Turkish (Türkiye) , Vietnamese (Vietnam)

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Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.