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Take Off (Fei Xing Jia)

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An Official Selection of both the New York Asian Film Festival and the Tokyo International Film Festival. Based on writer Xuetao Shuang's highly acclaimed novella The Aeronaut, the film follows one man's dream to fulfill his father's legacy: to build a flying jetpack machine. Set against the tides of a transforming era, the story traces the progress and setbacks throughout his life, capturing his relentless perseverance in pursuing a possibly overambitious lifelong aspiration.

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Peng Fei Song

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Qiming Jiang

Actor

Xueqin Li

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Jiayin Lei

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Zijian Dong

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Wu Jiang

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Synopsis An Official Selection of both the New York Asian Film Festival and the Tokyo International Film Festival. Based on writer Xuetao Shuang's highly acclaimed novella The Aeronaut, the film follows one man's dream to fulfill his father's legacy: to build a flying jetpack machine. Set against the tides of a transforming era, the story traces the progress and setbacks throughout his life, capturing his relentless perseverance in pursuing a possibly overambitious lifelong aspiration.
Director
Peng Fei Song
Producer
Mingyang Cai, Zizheng Song
Screenwriter
Peng Fei Song, Xuetao Shuang, Yizhou Xu
Distributor
Orchid Tree Media
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Chinese
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 17, 2026, Limited
Runtime
2h 3m
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