The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

Vengeance is her destiny.

2025•2h 18m•7.0/10

ActionRomanceDrama

Ratings

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7.0/10(297)

The son of an indebted restaurant owner joins a foreign girl in search of her sister. Together, they’ll have to fight side by side against the most ruthless members of the Roman criminal underworld.

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Production

Wildside, Goon Films, PiperFilm

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Liu Yaxi

Liu Yaxi

Mei

Enrico Borello

Enrico Borello

Marcello

Marco Giallini

Marco Giallini

Annibale

Sabrina Ferilli

Sabrina Ferilli

Lorena

Chunyu Shanshan

Chunyu Shanshan

Wang

Luca Zingaretti

Luca Zingaretti

Alfredo

Tomal Islam

Santi

Miki Yeung Oi-Gan

Miki Yeung Oi-Gan

Yun

Claudio Pallitto

Claudio Pallitto

Cip

Daniele Mosca

Cioppe

Sheena Hao

Maitresse cinese

Abdoulaye Seck

Malik

Paolo Buglioni

Paolo Buglioni

Cameriere "Da Alfredo"

Dan Ke

Cinese giacca rossa

Guo Qiang Xu

Mr Zhang

Elisa Wong

Elisa Wong

Madre di Mei

Jia Yimin

Padre Mei

Isabel Hu

Mei bambina

Sofia Liu

Yun bambina

Roberto He

Maggio

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