Preparation for the Next Life

Preparation for the Next Life

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

2025•1h 56m•5.6/10

DramaRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.6/10(28)

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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Production

Orion Pictures, Plan B Entertainment, PASTEL

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Sebiye Behtiyar

Sebiye Behtiyar

Aishe

Fred Hechinger

Fred Hechinger

Skinner

Landyn Lu

Landyn Lu

Munro

Ella Rouwen Chen

Ella Rouwen Chen

Chen

B. Todd Johnston

B. Todd Johnston

Jim

Maxwell Almono

Maxwell Almono

Luis

Justin Cotta

Justin Cotta

Cop (Times Square)

Alicher Adill

Alicher Adill

Aziz

Dralla Aierken

Dralla Aierken

Arzu

Erden Uyghur

Young Aishe

Esther Chen

Esther Chen

Min

Celine Cheung

Celine Cheung

Yi

Jessica Ma

Jessica Ma

Ma

Whitney Chi

Chi

Winnie Guo

Guo

Gabriel Furman

Gabriel Furman

Officer Furman

Joshua De Jesus

Joshua De Jesus

Officer De Jesus

Divina Ito

Divina Ito

Deputy

Jasmin Richardson

Jasmin Richardson

Jasmin

Tien-Li Wu

Tien-Li Wu

Tien-Li

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