Overview
A haunting journey through memory and longing unfolds as a man returns to his roots.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Glacial
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Labyrinthine
- Violence
- Mild
- dreamy
- melancholic
- meditative
- late night viewing
- arthouse cinema night
What critics said
Critics broadly acclaimed Bi Gan's visual command, technical risk-taking, and extraordinary final continuous-take dream sequence while acknowledging the film's deliberately esoteric structure.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Luo Hongwu's search moves fluidly between present-day Kaili, recollected encounters, and an extended dreamlike passage.
The final hour unfolds as a celebrated continuous take combining dream logic, roaming movement, and shifting spatial relations.
Luo's return to Kaili is driven by his fixation on the beautiful woman he loved and cannot forget.
The protagonist searches physically and metaphysically for a vanished lover through shadowy locations and fragmented memory.
Films like Long Day's Journey into Night, and why
In the Mood for Love
dreamlike neo-noir atmosphere, fractured memory, and elusive romantic obsession
Mulholland Drive
surreal mystery, unstable reality, and visually audacious psychological introspection
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
meditative romantic longing, nonlinear memory, and formally adventurous storytelling
The Double Life of Veronique
oneiric imagery, emotional displacement, and slow-burn investigation of the past
Movie Details
- Director
- Bi Gan
- Release Date
- 2018-12-31
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 (297)
Cast
- Tang Wei
- Huang Jue
- Sylvia Chang
- Lee Hong-Chi
- Chen Yongzhong
- Chloe Maayan
- Duan Chun-hao
- Bi Yanmin
- Feiyang Luo
- Xie Lixun
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Kino Film Collection
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Long Day's Journey into Night about?
- A haunted return to Kaili turns the search for a vanished lover into an immersive maze of memory, desire, and dream.
- What is Long Day's Journey into Night like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Long Day's Journey into Night as glacial, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as labyrinthine.
- Is Long Day's Journey into Night violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Long Day's Journey into Night as mild.
- What did critics think of Long Day's Journey into Night?
- Critics broadly acclaimed Bi Gan's visual command, technical risk-taking, and extraordinary final continuous-take dream sequence while acknowledging the film's deliberately esoteric structure.
- Which films are like Long Day's Journey into Night?
- Films with a similar feel include In the Mood for Love, Mulholland Drive, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and The Double Life of Veronique.
- How long is Long Day's Journey into Night?
- Long Day's Journey into Night runs 138 minutes.
- Where can I watch Long Day's Journey into Night?
- In United States, Long Day's Journey into Night streams on Kino Film Collection.
