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. It won six awards, including Best Film, during the

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Title

The movie is sometimes referred to as ''C'est la vie, mon chérie'' even though this is grammatically incorrect in

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(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

* Lau Ching-wan as Kit * Anita Yuen as Min *

as Tracey * Paul Chun as Uncle / Cheung Po-tsai * Fung Bo Bo as Min's mother *

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as Yau Ling *

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as Min's doctor (cameo) * Jacob Cheung as Fortune teller (cameo) * David Wu * Sherman Wong as Producer * Peter Chan as Cocktail party attendee (cameo) * Teddy Chan as Man sitting at bar * Jamie Luk as Blacky * Eugene Pao as Keung * Tats Lau as Tats * Herman Yau as Kit's musician friend * Andy Chin * Joe Junior as Cover singer * Joe Cheung as Bartender * Lawrence Lau * Stephen Yip * Kwai Chung as Mr. Cheung * Fei Fook * Cheung Hung-on * Wong Wa-wo * Hau Woon-ling * Alexander Chan * Yu Ngai-ho as Music Company Employee * Chan Kim-wan as musician * Tsang Cheung * Cho Sai * Chin Tsi-ang as Min's granny

Awards and nominations

Theme song

In similarity to ''Love Without End'' theme song ( 不了情), the theme song of the same name () is sung by Taiwanese singer

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, which became one of her

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Soundtrack

: 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

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References

External links

*
HK cinemagic entry

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