The Louvre and the Forbidden City are both majestic places collecting traditional Western and Chinese arts. But is there a way to conduct a spiritual dialogue between two such utterly different streams of human civilization? For documentary directors Xu Huan and Zhou Bing, the answer is emphatically "Yes": their large-scale documentary When the Louvre Meets the Forbidden City unveils the celebrated Louvre museum for ardent Chinese art lovers, while making comparisons between the two magnificent centers of art.