On Friday 22 April the awaited world premiere of “The Italian Recipe“, directed by director Hou Zuxin and shot in Rome, will officially open the Far East Film Festival 24th edition. An irresistible Chinese romantic comedy that, after the FEFF, will be released at home in thousands of cinemas, bringing with it a lot of Italy: the locations, the crew and, the co-production. In fact, alongside China we find Cristiano Bortone’s Orisa Produzioni and Roberta Manfredi and Alberto Simone’s Dauphine Film Company, with Rai Cinema and with the support of the Lazio Region, Fondo Lazio Cinema International and the support of Roma Lazio Film Commission (and Lightburst Pictures in Berlin). Liu Xun and Huang Yao (applauded at FEFF 19 for “The Crossing”) give life to a brilliant pair game and give us a very contemporary variation on the theme of Roman Holidays!
The chosen title for the Closing Night on Saturday 30 April is quite different: we are talking about the splendid South Korean thriller “Confession” by Yoon Jong-seok, one of the most powerful films of the 2022 line-up. It is the remake of the 2016 Spanish mystery thriller “Contrattempo”, but before South Korea the screenplay also hit Italy (Stefano Mordini’s “l testimone invisibile”, with Scamarcio, Bentivoglio and Miriam Leone) and India. A precious series of artistic and geographical connections for a festival, the FEFF, which thrives on connections!
