Triumph in the Skies (film)

Triumph in the Skies (Chinese: 衝上雲霄) is a 2015 romantic drama film directed by Wilson Yip and Matt Chow and starring Louis Koo, Sammi Cheng, Francis Ng, Julian Cheung, Charmaine Sheh, Amber Kuo, Océane Zhu and Dean Liu. A Hong Kong-Chinese co-production, the film is an adaptation of the Triumph in the Skies television series. Production started on 6 August 2014.^[2][3] The film was released on February 19, 2015.^[4]

Triumph in the Skies
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Directed by	Wilson Yip Matt Chow
Written by	Matt Chow Jun Sin Xu Lengfeng
Produced by	Tommy Leung
Starring	Louis Koo Sammi Cheng Francis Ng Julian Cheung Charmaine Sheh Amber Kuo Océane Zhu Dean Liu
Cinematography	Jason Kwan
Edited by	Azrael Chung
Music by	Alan Wong Janet Yung
Production companies	Media Asia Films Shaw Movie City Hong Kong Shaw Brothers Pictures One Cool Film Production Dongyang Enlight Pictures China Film Media Asia Audio Video Distribution Media Asia Distribution (Beijing)
Distributed by	Media Asia Distribution
Release date	February 19, 2015 (2015-02-19)
Running time	100 minutes
Countries	Hong Kong China
Languages	Cantonese Mandarin English
Box office	US$24.59 million (China)[1]

Synopsis

Young pilot Branson (Louis Koo) takes over Skylette Airlines, his father's aviation empire, only to realize that his old flame Cassie (Charmaine Sheh) is a flight attendant there. Several years previously, he was forced to break up with her and move to New York to take care of his father's business. To this day, the two continue to harbour feelings for each other but decide to keep them bottled up.

In an effort to rebrand the airline, Branson invites rock idol TM (Sammi Cheng) to star in an upcoming commercial and appoints Sam (Francis Ng) as her flying consultant. Incongruent in both tastes and experience, this odd couple gets off on the wrong foot. However, as the shoot progresses they slowly discover each other's merits, developing a strong mutual attraction.

Jayden (Julian Cheung) having left Skylette, to become a pilot of private jets, meets the young and vivacious Kika (Amber Kuo) during a flight and assumes her to be wayward and shallow. But they turn out to have a lot in common and start falling madly in love. At the height of their romance, Jayden realizes almost too late the secret behind her recalcitrance...

Each of the three relationships comes with its own setbacks. As long as one can accept the imperfection of things, finding happiness—however fleetingly—is a blessing in itself.^[5]

Cast

• Louis Koo as Branson Cheung (張春亮)
• Sammi Cheng as TM Tam (譚夢)
• Francis Ng as Samuel "Sam" Tong (唐亦琛)
• Julian Cheung as Jayden "Captain Cool" Koo (顧夏陽)
• Charmaine Sheh as Cassie Poon (潘家詩)
• Amber Kuo as Kika Sit (薛健雅)
• Océane Zhu as Winnie
• Dean Liu as Tony
• Kenneth Ma as Roy Ko (高志宏)
• Elena Kong as Heather Fong (方芮嘉)
• Jun Kung as TM's manager
• Ma Jin as Thomas
• Liao Jingsheng as Branson's father
• Yiming Ma as Thomas' friend

Box office

The film has earned US$24.59 million in China and HK$21.5 million (US$2.78 million) in Hong Kong.^[6][7]

Song list

• "歲月如歌" by Eason Chan
• "How Much Will We Remember" by The Pancakes
• "I Hate You But I Love You" by Pollie Tong
• "I Hate You But I Love You" by Janet Yung and Subyub Lee
• "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by Sammi Cheng
• "Hold on, Watch on" by Tomii Chan
• "Invoice of Love" by Subyub Lee
• "Reach for a Star" by Janet Yung
• "Slam the Ball" by Shawn Wong
• "Breathless Moment" by Janet Yung
• "Oh Boy" by Subyub Lee
• "最後一個" composed by Alan Wong and Janet Yung
• "She Knocked My Door" composed by Tomii Chan