Movie

Zi

2026 · 99 min

A quiet, dreamlike drift through a city at night, where time and identity blur into something tender and strange.

Overview: In Hong Kong, a young woman haunted by visions of her future self meets a stranger who changes the course of her night -- and possibly her life.
How it feels: Melancholic, eerie, romantic and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, memory, isolation, fate
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
memory
isolation
fate
love
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Genres: drama, science fiction, romance
Directed by: Kogonada
Written by: Kogonada
Starring: Michelle Mao, Haley Lu Richardson, Jin Ha, Valerie May Richardson, John Shea
Cinematography: Benjamin Loeb
Runtime: 99 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, English