Film | Resurrection

Name: Film | Resurrection
Start: 2026-02-15T14:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-15T16:45:00-05:00
Location: 1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington D.C., DC, United States, Washington, District of Columbia 20013

Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art

Highlights

Sun, 15 Feb, 2026 at 02:00 pm

2.8 hours

1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington D.C., DC, United States, Washington, District of Columbia 20013

Date & Location

Sun, 15 Feb, 2026 at 02:00 pm to 04:45 pm (EST)

1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington D.C., District of Columbia 20013

1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20024, United States

About the event

Film | Resurrection

Cost: Free; Registration in advance recommended

With his senses-ravishing third feature, visionary director Bi Gan (Kaili Blues, Long Day’s Journey into Night) takes his deepest plunge yet into the realm of pure cinematic dreamscape.

In a world where humans have forsaken dreams in exchange for immortality, a dreaming monster (Jackson Yee) embarks on a shape-shifting odyssey. Through illusion, beauty, and terror, the journey takes him across the twentieth century and to the end of time. The film’s five dazzlingly imagined chapters unfold in varying styles that encompass everything from silent-cinema expressionism to film noir to a delirious vampire love story shot in one of Bi’s signature long takes. Resurrection is a work of breathtaking imagination in which cinema is the ultimate portal to the unconscious mind. Description adapted from Janus Films.

Director: Bi Gan. Countries: China, France. Released: 2025. Length: 160 min. Format: DCP. Language: Mandarin with English subtitles.

Image courtesy of Janus Films

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