Director Pengfei ‘s “ Take Off ,” which world premiered in competition at the Tokyo International Film Festival , represents both a continuation and evolution of the filmmaker’s artistic preoccupations. Adapted from Shuang Xuetao’s novella “The Aeronaut,” the film follows Li Mingqi (Jiang Qiming), an ordinary worker in Northeast China who inherits his late father’s obsession with flight – a dream that will span decades and test the limits of his persistence. Ethan Hawke on Waiting 12 Years to