Italian director looks forward to China's new generation of filmmakers

ROME — "I look forward to discovering the new generation of Chinese filmmakers and their ways of narrating stories at the Shanghai International Film Festival," says renowned Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore.

In an interview with Xinhua at his office in Rome, Italy, Tornatore showed reporters the Chinese version of the poster for The Legend of 1900, a film that depicts a piano prodigy who lives his entire life on a ship. The film, directed and written by Tornatore, has been released twice in Chinese theaters and received positive feedback.

"I'm happy that Chinese audiences like my films," he says.