一位穷困潦倒多愁善感的小号手，对琴行老板讲述他在海上邮轮乐队经历的传奇故事，天才钢琴演奏家1900，一位豪华邮轮“弗吉尼亚”号头等舱钢琴上的弃婴/孤儿，出生、成长和殉葬于海上的短暂人生。
A poor and sentimental trumpeter tells the legend of his experience in the marine cruise band to the owner of the piano firm. The genius pianist 1900, an abandoned baby / orphan on the piano in the first class of the luxury cruise ship "Virginia", was born, grew up and died at sea.
黑人锅炉工养父意外离世，八岁的1900，从小就喜欢看图识字自学成才，他在船上听到、看到和摸到钢琴以后无师自通如鱼得水，得以在船上继续生活。在海上往返航行中长大成人的1900，没事偷摸到电话室拨打长途电话随遇随聊甚至有点喜欢挨骂的感觉，这似乎成为1900，唯一乐意与外界接触的娱乐方式。
The adoptive father of the black boiler worker died unexpectedly. At the age of eight, 1900, he liked to read pictures and learn by himself when he was young. After he heard, saw and touched the piano on the boat, he was like a fish in water without a teacher. He was able to continue to live on the boat. In 1900, when I grew up in the sea voyage, I would feel free to touch the telephone room and make a long-distance call. I even like to be scolded. It seems to be 1900, the only entertainment way that I am willing to contact with the outside world.
他在船上的天才演奏，感染了无数上等仓/下等仓的旅客，直至招来爵士乐鼻祖级的钢琴演奏家前来挑战和决斗，1900出神入化的演奏大获全胜，并令音乐对决现场的所有人折服，天才钢琴演奏家1900，名不虚传。
His genius performance on the ship infected countless first-class / second-class passengers, until he invited the grand piano player of jazz to challenge and duel, and the superb performance of 1900 won a great victory, and all the people at the scene of the music duel were convinced. The genius piano player 1900 was worthy of the name.
1900在船上唯一的情感遭遇，就是一位让他心动并偷吻的少女，但是很不幸，互相之间却以遗憾的方式结束错过，此后，1900在船上曾经有过一次庄严肃穆的告别仪式，离开轮船到岸上自由生活，但是，距离岸边近在咫尺的下船途中，1900却临时改变了上岸的主意，忽然转身回到了船上，令船上所有熟人大惑不解。
1900's only emotional encounter on the ship was a young girl who made him feel moved and kiss. Unfortunately, they ended up missing each other in a regretful way. Since then, 1900 once had a solemn and solemn farewell ceremony on the ship, and left the ship to live on the shore freely. However, on the way to get off the ship, 1900 temporarily changed his idea of getting on the shore However, he turned around and went back to the ship, which puzzled all the acquaintances on the ship.
二战爆发，游轮变成了医疗船，1900在船上，给战争中的伤病员弹钢琴，直至战争结束，轮船即将退役爆破淘汰时，小号手不干了，死活也要找到1900，最后用琴行老板在一台破钢琴中发现的，1900送女孩未果掰碎并扔掉的唯一一张灌录的唱盘，在即将爆破的轮船上用留声机播放，1900出现了，老友相见恨晚，但是，出生在游轮上长大成人的1900，却铁了心，与“弗吉尼亚”号共存亡，最后，小号手眼瞅着轮船爆炸沉海，永远告别了，1900。
World War II broke out, and the cruise ship became a medical ship. 1900 was on board, playing piano for the wounded and wounded in the war. Until the war ended, when the ship was about to be retired and eliminated by blasting, the trumpeter stopped working and had to find 1900 for life and death. Finally, the only recorded disc found by the owner of the piano firm in a broken piano was used on the ship that was about to be blasted The gramophone broadcast, 1900 appeared, old friends met later, but 1900, who was born on a cruise ship and grew up, was determined to live with Virginia. Finally, the trumpet watched the ship explode and sink into the sea, saying goodbye forever, 1900.
一部独具匠心的艺术电影，一反常态的生命境界，打破了习非成是的人生格局。导演托纳托雷时空三部曲的凄美主题艺术风格。此片直戳真善美的情感底线，看罢轮船弃儿音乐天才1900的故事，诗意盎然，欲罢不能。
An original art film, an abnormal life state, has broken the habitual pattern of life. The tragic theme art style of the trilogy of time and space directed by Tony Toray. This film directly pokes at the bottom line of true, good and beautiful emotions. After seeing the story of 1900, the musical genius of ship abandoned son, it is full of poetry and can't stop.
浩瀚的电影艺术海洋，世界一流的电影艺术作品数不胜数，托纳托雷导演的艺术电影代表作三部曲：《天堂电影院》《海上钢琴师》《西西里的美丽传说》历久弥新，经久不衰。
The vast ocean of film art, the world's first-class film art works are numerous, and the representative works of art films directed by tonatore: "cinema of paradise", "piano player at sea" and "the beautiful legend of Sicily" have been updated for a long time.
引用2011年，我写的一则微博短评：导演托纳托雷再次制造了诗歌电影事件，忧郁的蓝调音乐与男主角1900的悲惨命运结合，仿佛海上的世界与人类社会存在着不可调和的时空矛盾，诗画语言自始至终成为这部艺术电影的色调镜头，游轮上遗弃的白人婴儿与黑人锅炉工的鲜明对比，完全可以使人忘记基督耶稣在圣经里面的任何表情。人生的酸楚原来可以在煤堆中掩埋，在炉火中焚烧。
In 2011, I wrote a short comment on Weibo: Director Tona Toray once again created a poetic film event. The melancholy blues music combined with the tragic fate of the hero 1900, as if there were irreconcilable time-space conflicts between the world on the sea and human society. The language of poetry and painting has become the tone lens of this artistic film from the beginning to the end. The abandoned white baby on the cruise ship and the black boiler The sharp contrast of work can completely make people forget any expression of Christ Jesus in the Bible. The bitterness of life can be buried in the coal pile and burned in the fire.