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.

GENRE: Drama, Comedy
MPAA RATING: No Rating
RUN TIME: 2h 2m
RELEASE DATE: September 17, 2026
STARRING: Qiming Jiang, Xueqin Li, Jiayin Lei, Jiang Wu, Dong Zijian
DIRECTOR(S): Pengfei
PRODUCER(S): Mingyang Cai, Zizheng Song
WRITER(S): Pengfei, Xu Yizhou
STUDIO: Orchid Tree Media