() is a 1993 Hong Kong

romance film Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

directed by

Derek Yee Derek Yee Tung-sing () is a Hong Kong filmmaker and former actor. Early life Yee was born Yee Tung-sing in Hong Kong on 28 December 1957, the son of Yee Kwong (), a film producer from Tianjin, Tientsin (Tianjin), and Hung Wei (), an actress of ...

and starring

Lau Ching-wan Sean Lau Ching-wan (born 16 February 1964) is a Hong Kong actor who has acted in both films and television series. He is best known for starring in the films '' C'est la vie, mon chéri'' (1993), '' My Name Is Fame'' (2006), '' Mad Detective'' ( ...

Anita Yuen Anita Yuen Wing Yee (born 4 September 1971) is a Hong Kong actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She is best known for her roles in the films '' C'est la vie, mon chéri'' (1993), '' He's a Woman, She's a Man'' (1994), and '' From Beijing with Lo ...

and

Carina Lau Carina Lau Kar-ling ( zh, t=劉嘉玲; born 8 December 1965) is a Hong Kong actress and singer. She started her acting career at TVB, before achieving success with her Girl next door, girl-next-door roles in the 1980s' Hong Kong films. She also pl ...

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

13th Hong Kong Film Awards The 13th Hong Kong Awards ceremony, honored the best 1993 in film, films of 1993 and took place on 22 April 1994 at Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Wan Chai, Hong Kong. The ceremony was hosted by Lydia Shum and John Sham, during the ceremon ...

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 The cinema of Hong Kong ( zh, t=香港電影) is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese-language cinema, alongside the cinema of China and the cinema of Taiwan. As a former Crown colony, Hong Kong had a greater degree of ar ...

'' Love Without End'' () starring

Lin Dai Linda Lin Dai (; 26 December 1934 – 17 July 1964), born Ching Yuetyue (程月如), was a Chinese actress of Cinema of Hong Kong, Hong Kong films made in Standard Mandarin, Mandarin during the 1950s–60s. She was a star actress of the Shaw Br ...

, 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

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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,

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-playing uncle, Min is re-diagnosed with

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, which she had once suffered as a child.

Cast and roles

as Kit *

as Min *

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

Sylvia Chang Sylvia Chang (born 21 July 1953) is a Taiwanese people, Taiwanese actress, singer, director, screenwriter, and producer. Early life Chang was born in Chiayi County, Chiayi, Taiwan. She dropped out of school when she was 16 and started her career ...

as Min's doctor (cameo) *

Jacob Cheung Jacob Cheung Chi-leung is a Hong Kong film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in th ...

as Fortune teller (cameo) *

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* Sherman Wong as Producer *

Peter Chan Peter Ho-sun Chan (born 28 November 1962), also known as Peter Chan, is a Hong Kong-born filmmaker best known for directing films that span a wide range of genres, including romantic comedies, musical dramas, and historical epics. He is r ...

as Cocktail party attendee (cameo) *

Teddy Chan Teddy Chan Tak-sum (, born 26 April 1958) is a Hong Kong filmmaker. Filmography Filmography as director, art director and other positions:

as Man sitting at bar * Jamie Luk as Blacky * Eugene Pao as Keung * Tats Lau as Tats *

Herman Yau Herman Yau Lai-to (; born 13 July 1961) is a Hong Kong people, Hong Kong film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. Filmography As director * 1987: ''No Regret'' – Director * 1991: ''Don't Fool Me'' – Director * 1992: ''Best of the ...

as Kit's musician friend * Andy Chin * Joe Junior as Cover singer *

Joe Cheung Joe Cheung Tung-cho (, born 24 July 1944) is a Hong Kong director, producer, scriptwriter and actor. Filmography As director * ''The Incredible Kung Fu Master'' (1979) * ''Killer Wears White'' (1980) * ''Dan bo dan'' (1981) * ''Pom Pom (film), ...

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 One-Fang, which became one of her

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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,

produced a television adaptation of ''C'est la vie, mon chéri'', starring Chen Kun,

Fiona Sit Fiona Sit (; born 11 August 1981) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. Early life In an interview with Hong Kong newspaper '' Apple Daily'' in 2006, Fiona Sit revealed that she has always been interested in singing in front of an audience since ...

, Alex Fong, Candice Yu, and Benz Hui.

References

External links

*
HK cinemagic entry

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