French director's vision Beijing

As the people of Beijing take a close look at the Hellenic culture, the world is getting its introduction to Chinese culture.

Patrice Leconte, one of the leading directors of the French cinema is among five of the world's top directors invited to create a vision of this year's Olympic host city. Leconte has been making feature films since 1975. He has many credits, including "Ridicule" which was nominated for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. He also directed the acclaimed, "The Hairdresser's Husband". So let's see how he's done on his contribution to the Vision Beijing Film Project.

Leconte, has dreamt of Beijing for many years, dreamt that one day he would stand on the Great Wall. Those dreams were fulfilled on his first visit to the capital, when he came to shoot his directorial piece, "Beijing Impression".

He says Monet's impressionist paintings were much on his mind when he made the Beijing film. He set out to interpret the ancient capital using an impressionist approach, hoping to capture the imagination of people around the world and draw them to the city.