From Italian filmmaker Gabriele Mainetti (They Call Me Jeeg) comes the action thriller Kung Fu in Rome.
Set in Rome’s culturally diverse Piazza Vittorio neighborhood, the film unfolds in the vibrant, multi-ethnic heart of the Italian capital, where two seemingly opposite lives collide. One is the son of a debt-ridden restaurant owner who vanished with his lover; the other is a mysterious young woman newly arrived in Rome, desperately searching for her missing sister.
According to the official synopsis, “Fate binds them together as they’re thrust into the dangerous underworld of Rome’s criminal slums. To survive, they must fight side by side in a high-stakes, no-holds-barred adventure—battling brutal gangs as well as confronting deep-rooted prejudices and cultural barriers.”
The film is headlined by Chinese martial artist Yaxi Liu, who is best known as Liu Yifei’s stunt double in Disney’s Mulan. Starring alongside Liu are Italian actors Enrico Borello (Lovely Boy), Sabrina Ferilli (The Great Beauty), Marco Giallini (Perfect Strangers), and Luca Zingaretti (Montalbano).
Kung Fu in Rome is set to hit theaters on August 21st via DMC Film.
