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THE CAPTAIN (ZHONG GUO JI ZHANG)
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Completed - MANDARIN - True Story, Action/Adventure, Drama - 111 minutes

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2019 (Debut)
  • Busan 2019 (Premiere)
  • Cannes 2020 (Line up)
  • Berlin EFM 2022 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2019

Director(s) : Andrew WAI KEUNG LAU
Cast : Hanyu ZHANG, Hao OU, Jiang DU, Yuan QUAN

Producer(s) : Peggy LEE

Synopsis

Director Andrew Lau's cinematic portrayal of the most miraculous emergency landing in the contemporary history of Chinese aviation. 
 
The actual incident occurred on May 14 (Monday) 2018 morning at 30,000 feet on Sichuan Airlines flight 3U8633 from the southern city of Chongqing to Lhasa. About 40 minutes after the Airbus A319 flight took off at 6:27a.m. local time (10:27 GMT), the cockpit windshield shattered and flung the aircraft into a state of low pressure with a temperature at minus 30 to minus 40 degree Celsius over the Tibetan Plateau. The co-pilot was sucked halfway out of the cockpit window and all things went down.
 
Many devices were damaged, communication with control tower broke down, passengers began losing consciousness with thin oxygen, and an enormous storm was awaiting right in front. The clock was ticking and strong-willed Captain Liu Chuanjian was determined to get out of danger and bring everyone home safe...

Production

Country(ies) : CHINA

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Festivals and Awards

Int'l Film Festival & Awards Macao 2019
Macau International Movie Festival 2019
Udine Far East Film Festival online 2020
Sonoma Int'l Film Festival 2021


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