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C'est la vie, mon chéri

() is a 1993 Hong Kong romance film directed by Derek Yee and starring Lau Ching-wan, Anita Yuen and Carina Lau. It won six awards, including Best Film, during the 13th Hong Kong Film Awards.

Title

The movie is sometimes referred to as C'est la vie, mon chérie even though this is grammatically incorrect in French (either "mon chéri" or "ma chérie" is grammatically correct). The title may be roughly translated as "That's life, my darling/love".

The original Chinese title refers to the classic 1961 Hong Kong film Love Without End () starring Lin Dai, with the word "new" () added in front of it. The storyline is similar, in that the female lead character is also diagnosed with a fatal illness.

An alternative English title is Endless Love.

Plot

Min (Anita Yuen), who is part of a Cantonese street opera troupe and a part-time cover artiste, meets Kit (Lau Ching-Wan), a struggling jazz musician who has just broken up with his celebrity singer girlfriend (Carina Lau). Through her bubbly personality, she affects Kit for the better. However, just as their relationship begins to stabilize and win acceptance from Min's family, which includes a strict mother and a doting, saxophone-playing uncle, Min is re-diagnosed with bone cancer, which she had once suffered as a child.

Cast and roles

Awards and nominations

Theme song

In similarity to Love Without End theme song (不了æƒÂ), the theme song of the same name () is sung by Taiwanese singer One-Fang, which became one of her signature songs.

Soundtrack

  • One-Fang: 新不了情 ""
  • Fung Bo Bo: 念情 "Remembering Love"
  • Film score: 晨街 "Morning Street"
  • Film score: 憶兒時 "Childhood Memories"
  • Lee Fung: 搖紅燭 "Shaking the Red Candle"
  • One-Fang: 給我一個吻 "Give Me a Kiss"
  • One-Fang: 不了情 "Endless Love"
  • Film score: 愛芽初萌 "Shoots of a Budding Love"
  • Film score: In The Mood
  • Joe Junior, Louise Tang: 載歌載舞(詐肚痛) "Singing and Dancing (Feigning Abdominal Pain)" (Cantonese)
  • Lee Fung: 補鑊佬 "Remedial guy" (Cantonese)
  • Film score: 返家 "Back Home"
  • Fung Bo Bo: 黎明在望 "Dawn Is in Sight" (Cantonese)

Television series

In 2008, Derek Yee produced a television adaptation of C'est la vie, mon chéri, starring Chen Kun, Fiona Sit, Alex Fong, Candice Yu, and Benz Hui.

See also

References

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