Take Off, a Chinese drama about a factory worker who spends his life chasing the dream of building a flying machine, will open in U.S. theaters on Sept. 17, courtesy of specialty distributor Orchid Tree Media. The fourth feature from Chinese director Pengfei, the film recently made its North American premiere at the New York Asian Film Festival in July. It stars rising actor Jiang Qiming — currently seen in the Chinese blockbuster Once Upon a Time in the Middle East, which is poised to become the country’s biggest hit of the summer — and is based on a novella by acclaimed Chinese author Shuang Xuetao. Set in the rust-belt cities of…
