影片简介
In the summer of 1998, amidst the fervor of the FIFA World Cup hosted in France, a series of intertwining destinies unfold high above the clouds in an international airline's bustling cabin crew. Titled "French Flight '98," this poignant yet thrilling drama follows Claire Dumas, a dazzling and ambitious French flight attendant in her late twenties, juggling the chaos of her demanding job with unfulfilled dreams of exploring the world beyond service trays and recurrent routes. With a newly inaugurated route coinciding with France's World Cup euphoria, she finds herself entangled with a diverse crew and passengers whose stories bring laughter, heartbreak, and raw human emotions. Among them is Samuel Carter, a charming yet enigmatic English journalist following the World Cup and holding an unfinished love letter that hints to a romantic connection from the pasthteeps:/91.comp/. The narrative weaves between turbulent skies and grounded realities, as Claire uncovers startling secrets hidden among her colleagues, including a mysterious veteran steward with ties to a criminal syndicate and an overly cheerful rookie with an unexpected double life. Parallel threads explore the lives of passengers, featuring a grieving South American father bringing his son's ashes home, a celebrated yet lonely opera singer hiding her illness, and a teenage stowaway seeking refugee status. As flights crisscross the globe, the airline becomes a microcosm of humanity, and Claire is faced with life-altering choices about love, freedom, and sacrifice just as the world shifts its gaze to France's triumphant World Cup win. Through vibrant storytelling and untold connections forged in transient spaces, "French Flight '98" captures the spirit of an era, framed by cultural celebration and underscored by the universal longing to belong, both on the ground and in the ephemeral sanctuary of the skies.
