The Forbidden City by Gabriele Mainetti is showing in the cinema, with our president Paolo Carnera CCS as cinematographer. The film presents a unique fusion between the kung fu genre and a Roman setting, offering viewers an unprecedented cinematic experience. The screenplay is by Stefano Bises, Gabriele Mainetti, and Davide Serino; the main performers are: Yaxi Liu (Mei), Enrico Borello (Marcello), Sabrina Ferilli (Lorena, Marcello’s mother), Marco Giallini (Annibale), Luca Zingaretti (Alfredo), Chunyu Shanshan (Mr. Wang); editing by Francesco Di Stefano, music by Fabio Amurri, set design by Andrea Castorina, costumes by Susanna Mastroianni. The film is produced by Wildside, Goon Films, Piper Film and distributed by Piper Film.
Set in the multicultural district of Esquilino, it follows the story of Mei, a young Chinese woman skilled in martial arts, who arrives in the Italian capital in search of her missing sister. Shot using oriental cinema techniques, for the fight sequences the director collaborated with Liang Yang, a renowned fight coordinator who has worked on productions such as Skyfall and Mission: Impossible – Fallout.
