MarcoPoeo

A film by Leone Solia And Alvise Camozzi.

Art direction by Matteo Poletti and Thomas Budroni.

"A Venetian urban legend suggests that Marco Polo fell in love with Hao Dong upon hearing her sing from the windows of Kublai Khan's celestial palace. They are said to have had a long love story and decided to return to the West together. It is also said that she, once in Venice, committed suicide by throwing herself onto the 'second field of the Million,' because she was told that Marco, who had gone to battle against the Genoese, had died. But it's just a Venetian legend. Princess Hao Dong, who secretly arrived at the port of Hangzhou to embark with her love, decided at the last moment not to leave. She returned alone to Khanbalik, where she lived happily for a long time. The voice still heard in the evening, passing by the ancient Polo houses, is just the song of nostalgia for a love that is no more."