The Forbidden City

Mar 8, 2025

2h 18m

★ 7.0

Vengeance is her destiny.

Overview

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.

Genres

Action

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

Wildside

Goon Films

PiperFilm

MiC

Netflix

The Forbidden City Trailers

Cast

Mei

Yaxi Liu

Marcello

Enrico Borello

Annibale

Marco Giallini

Lorena

Sabrina Ferilli

Wang

Chunyu Shanshan

Alfredo

Luca Zingaretti

Santi

Tomal Islam

Yun

Miki Yeung Oi-Gan

Cip

Claudio Pallitto

Cioppe

Daniele Mosca

Maitresse cinese

Sheena Hao

Malik

Abdoulaye Seck

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