Mulan, directed by Niki Caro
Monday 23 Decemberwill be broadcast in prime time on Rai 2at 9.35pm, the live-action of the Disney classic entitled Mulan. The film is directed by the director Niki Carowho made his big screen debut with the film The Whale Girl (2002) and whose North Country – Storia di Josey it earned Charlize Theron an Oscar nomination.
The music of Mulan instead they have the signature of the British composer and musician Harry Gregson-Williamsauthor of the soundtracks of numerous blockbuster film projects, such as House of Guccithe saga of The Chronicles of Narnia e Z the ant.
The protagonist is played by the Chinese actress and model Liu Yifeiwho worked with Jackie Chan in 2008 The forbidden kingdom. At his side is the Chinese actor and martial artist Donnie Yenwho has worked on international projects such as 2 knights in London (2003), Ip Man (2008) e xXx – The Return of Xander Cage (2017). In the cast of the film Mulan Also Jason Scott LeeYoson An, Gong Li, Jet Li e Tzi Ma.
The plot of the film Mulan: A woman in the Imperial Chinese Army
Mulan tells the story of the courageous young woman Mulan (Liu Yifei), the eldest daughter of one of the warriors most respected in the Chinese Empire during the Sui government.
Mulan is enterprising, energetic, adventurous and particularly agile but, as a woman, her only destiny is to marry the man chosen by her family.
Although the protagonist does not feel ready to get married, she decides to accept the family's impositions without complaints. Everything changes when the Hun people attack the country and the emperor of China issues a very specific order: each family will have to send a man to the battlefield to contribute to the defense of the nation.
As Mulanto prevent his now elderly and frail father from having to fight, decides to pretend to be a man and to enlist in the imperial army, making himself known by the name of Hua Jun.
From the first moment the protagonist proves to be a skilled fighter, but will she be able to keep her secret or will her true identity be revealed?
