Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore (Left) and Monster Hunt director Raman Hui attend the Sino-Foreign Film Co-production Forum in Beijing on Sunday. Photo: Li Hao/GT

The 4K restoration of the 1998 Italian drama film The Legend of 1900 is set for theatrical release in the Chinese mainland on November 15, according to the China Film Distribution and Exhibition Association.

Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore and starring Tim Roth, the critically acclaimed film follows a baby boy, who, discovered in 1900 on an ocean liner, grows into a musical prodigy, never setting foot on land.

Titled La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano in Italian, or literally The Legend of the Pianist on the Ocean, the film boasts a score of 9.2 out of 10 on Chinese media review platform Douban based on more than 924,000 reviews.

The upcoming screening will be the first time for the film to hit big screens on the Chinese mainland where the original version was not theatrically released.