C'est La Vie, Mon Chéri
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C'est La Vie, Mon Chéri or New Endless Love is a series starring Fiona Sit
and Aloys Chen based on an adaptation of the 1994 Hong Kong movie, also known as C'est la vie, mon chéri. Both the movie and the series are directed by Derek Yee
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. Kit becomes good friends with a neighbouring family (Mun's family) who sing every night in Temple Street
for a living. As Tracy becomes more hateful of Kit and Mun, Kit and Mun unnoticingly develops a closer relationship everyday. With the audience having to wait impatiently for the two to get together, Kit makes a swift move at the end of episode 15 and kisses Mun on the lips for the first time.
Together, the couple go through a series of downfalls like Tracy stealing a song Kit wrote for Mun, Mun seeing her divorced father again, Ling leaving the family, and Kit rebonding with his mother. Just when Mun and Kit are closer than ever, fate turns against them. In episode 23, the two talk about marriage and right after a phone call where Mun told Kit not to buy an expensive wedding ring, Mun falls on the ground foreshadowing bone tumor
will return to haunt her. Mun, once the strongest character in the story, loses her cheerfulness and optimism.
Cheung family
. Chances of her surviving were critically low and Fan who was at that time pregnant, abandoned Mun. Giving up her career in the professional singing industry, Oi rebonded with Mun who miraculously recovered.
Fiona Sit
Fiona Sit Hoi-Kei is a female singer and actress from Hong Kong.-Biography:Fiona Sit attended Island School and studied Creative Media in City University of Hong Kong until 2004...
and Aloys Chen based on an adaptation of the 1994 Hong Kong movie, also known as C'est la vie, mon chéri. Both the movie and the series are directed by Derek Yee
Derek Yee
Derek Yee Tung-sing , born in 1957, is a former Shaw Brothers actor from Hong Kong, currently a film director and screenwriter, who has achieved fame and respect in Hong Kong and international film festival circuits for treading carefully commercial viability concerns with artistic integrity...
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Synopsis
The story starts out with Kit and Mun being complete strangers. Kit breaks up with superstar Tracy after being with her for 5 years and moves out to live in a place called Yau Ma TeiYau Ma Tei
Yau Ma Tei, also known as Waterloo , is an area in the Yau Tsim Mong District in the south of the Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong.-Name:Yau Ma Tei is a phonetic transliteration of the name 油麻地 in Cantonese...
. Kit becomes good friends with a neighbouring family (Mun's family) who sing every night in Temple Street
Temple Street, Hong Kong
Temple Street is a street located in the areas of Jordan and Yau Ma Tei in Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is known for its night market and one of the busiest flea markets at night in the territory. The night market is in the Yau Ma Tei, Jordan part of the street and not the Mong Kok part of the street...
for a living. As Tracy becomes more hateful of Kit and Mun, Kit and Mun unnoticingly develops a closer relationship everyday. With the audience having to wait impatiently for the two to get together, Kit makes a swift move at the end of episode 15 and kisses Mun on the lips for the first time.
Together, the couple go through a series of downfalls like Tracy stealing a song Kit wrote for Mun, Mun seeing her divorced father again, Ling leaving the family, and Kit rebonding with his mother. Just when Mun and Kit are closer than ever, fate turns against them. In episode 23, the two talk about marriage and right after a phone call where Mun told Kit not to buy an expensive wedding ring, Mun falls on the ground foreshadowing bone tumor
Bone tumor
A bone tumor refers to a neoplastic growth of tissue in bone. Abnormal growths found in the bone can be either benign or malignant .-Classification:...
will return to haunt her. Mun, once the strongest character in the story, loses her cheerfulness and optimism.
Cast
Lau family| Cast | Role | Description |
| Alex Fong Alex Fong Chung-Sun Alex Fong Chung-Sun is an actor in the Hong Kong TV and film industry. He was born on March 17, 1963 in Macau.-Films:*2011 Overheard 2*2011 The Founding of a Party*2011 The Lost Bladesman*2010 Love Is The Last Word... |
Lau Ho Wen 劉浩雲 |
Mun's father Lum's father Fan's husband Oi's ex-boyfriend Successful businessman |
| Candice Yu Candice Yu Candice Yu born Yu De Ying on 22 October 1959) is a Hong Kong film actress and occasional singer, best known for her films with Shaw Studio of the 1970s and 1980s... |
Lee Joi Oi 李再愛 |
Mun's mother Kei Gor's girlfriend Wen's ex-girlfriend Singer |
| Chan Siu Ngai 陳小藝 |
Hui Pui Fan 許佩芬 |
Wen's wife Lum's mother |
| Fiona Sit Fiona Sit Fiona Sit Hoi-Kei is a female singer and actress from Hong Kong.-Biography:Fiona Sit attended Island School and studied Creative Media in City University of Hong Kong until 2004... |
Lau Mun 劉敏 |
Kit's girlfriend Oi's daughter Wen's daughter Singer |
| Benz Hui Benz Hui Benz Hui Shiu-hung is a Hong Kong actor who currently works on the TV station TVB. He used to work on ATV before switching over to TVB.-Family background:... |
San 李再生 |
Mun's uncle Oi's brother Saxophone player |
| Lü Jie Lü Jie Lü Jie is a Cantonese-speaking model who works in Mainland China and Hong Kong. She started her career as an advertisement and TV commercial model in 1998 and later moved into sitcoms and TV drama in early 2002 starring in TV drama series 网络情人 , 柴米新人类 She played roles in two Hong Kong box office... |
Wen Siu Ling 萬少玲 |
Oi's non-biological sister Singer Chinese opera performer |
Cheung family
| Cast | Role | Description |
| Ken Wong 王凱韋 |
Cheung Siu Wa 張少華 |
Kit's brother |
| Aloys Chen | Cheung Siu Kit 張少傑 |
Mun's boyfriend Tracy's ex-boyfriend Music & lyrics composer |
| Chiu Wing 趙榮 |
Pang Tsui Sai 彭翠茜 |
Kit's ex-girlfriend Singer Superstar |
| Elena Kong Elena Kong Elena Kong Mei-yee is a Hong Kong actress and presenter.Kong made her acting debut in many television commercials of the 1990s, and appeared in some of Andy Lau's music video concerts. After joining with Asia Television Limited and in 1997, she landed her first lead role in television drama... |
Ma Man Lai 馬文麗 |
Tracy's manager |
Mun
The birth of Mun initially caused multiple problems for Oi. Right when Oi found she was pregnant, her spouse Wen announced his family has arranged for him to marry Fan. Realising she was not capable of raising Mun alone, Oi decided to let Wen and Fan take care of her. At the age of five, Mun was diagnosed with bone tumorBone tumor
A bone tumor refers to a neoplastic growth of tissue in bone. Abnormal growths found in the bone can be either benign or malignant .-Classification:...
. Chances of her surviving were critically low and Fan who was at that time pregnant, abandoned Mun. Giving up her career in the professional singing industry, Oi rebonded with Mun who miraculously recovered.