SKY FIGHTERS
by Gérard Pirès
synopsis
During the Farnborough aeronautical show, a Mirage 2000 disappears in the middle of a demonstration. The French military sends Captains Antoine Marchelli and Sébastien Vallois out on patrol over the North Sea, towards the zone where the Mirage disappeared off the radar screens. The pilots discover the plane concealed by an Airbus A340. The Mirage begins to lock into combat position. At the same time, Marchelli and Vallois receive the order to give up the chase without further delay. But it’s too late, the Mirage is about to shoot down Vallois; Marchelli shoots it down to protect his crew member. This incident is the starting point of an enormous set-up aimed at hijacking a French fighter plane for terrorist purposes. A set-up whose final act takes place on the 14th of July in the skies above Paris, over the Champs-Elysées, in the presence of the same two pilots, Marchelli and Vallois.
international title: | Sky Fighters |
original title: | Les Chevaliers du ciel |
country: | France |
sales agent: | Pathé International |
year: | 2006 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Gérard Pirès |
film run: | 102' |
release date: | FR 09/11/2005, BE 09/11/2005, AT 03/02/2006, DE 23/02/2006, NL 23/03/2006 |
screenplay: | Gilles Malençon |
cast: | Benoît Magimel, Clovis Cornillac, Géraldine Pailhas, Philippe Torreton, Alice Taglioni |
cinematography by: | Pascal Lebegue, Éric Dumage |
film editing: | Véronique Lange |
art director: | Jean-Pierre Fouillet, Stéphane Cressend |
costumes designer: | Françoise Bourrec, Chattoune |
music: | Chris Corner |
producer: | Eric Altmayer, Nicolas Altmayer, Laurent Brochand |
production: | Mandarin & Compagnie (Mandarin Productions Cinéma & Télévision), Outsiders Productions |
distributor: | Pathé Distribution, Alternative Films (BE), Polyfilm (AT), 3L Filmverleih (DE), Blitz (BA), Blitz (HR), Tripictures (ES), Prooptiki (GR), Monolith Films (PL), Lusomundo (PT), Best Hollywood (HU), Prooptiki Romania (RO), Monopole Pathe (CH), A-Film Distribution (NL) |