C'est la vie, mon chéri
Encyclopedia
- For the television series adapted from the movie, starring Fiona SitFiona SitFiona 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, see C'est La Vie, Mon Chéri (TV series).
C'est la vie, mon chéri is a 1993 Hong Kong movie
Cinema of Hong Kong
The cinema of Hong Kong is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China, and the cinema of Taiwan...
directed by Derek Yee Tung-Shing
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...
and starring Anita Yuen
Anita Yuen
Anita Yuen Wing-yi is a Hong Kong film and television actress. She was the winner of the 1990 Miss Hong Kong Pageant.-Pageant career:At the age of 18, Yuen entered the Miss Hong Kong 1990 pageant. She was a heavy favorite to win the crown from the semifinal to final. During the semifinals on August...
, Lau Ching-Wan
Lau Ching-Wan
Sean Lau Ching-Wan is a Hong Kong Film Award–winning and Golden Bauhinia Award–winning film and former television actor based in Hong Kong.Lau was born in Hong Kong in 1964. He joined the TVB acting classes in 1983 and made his first appearance on TV the following year with TV drama Draw Out the...
and Carina Lau
Carina Lau
Carina Lau Kar-ling is a Hong Kong actress. She was especially notable in the 1980s for her girl-next-door type roles in films....
. It was a sleeper hit
Sleeper hit
A sleeper hit, a.k.a. surprise hit , refers to a film, book, single, album, TV show, or video game that gains unexpected success or recognition...
of 1993 and won six awards during the 13th Hong Kong Film Awards
13th Hong Kong Film Awards
Ceremony for the 13th Hong Kong Film Awards was held in 1994.-Best Film:-Best Director:-Best Screenplay:-Best Actor:-Best Actress:-Best Supporting Actor:-Best Supporting Actress:-Best New Performer:-Best Cinematography:...
, including Best Picture.
Title
The movie is sometimes referred to as C'est la vie, mon chérie even though this is grammatically incorrect in FrenchFrench language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
(either "mon chéri" for a man or "ma chérie" for a woman 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
Cinema of Hong Kong
The cinema of Hong Kong is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China, and the cinema of Taiwan...
Love Without End (不了情) starring Lin Dai
Lin Dai
Linda Lin Dai was a Chinese actress of Hong Kong films made in Mandarin during 1950s–60s. She was a star actress in the Shaw Brothers Studio stable....
, with the word "new" (新) 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 operaCantonese opera
Cantonese opera is one of the major categories in Chinese opera, originating in southern China's Cantonese culture. It is popular in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore and Malaysia. Like all versions of Chinese opera, it is a traditional Chinese art form, involving music, singing,...
troupe and a part-time cover
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
artiste, meets Kit (Lau Ching-Wan), a struggling jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
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
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
-playing uncle, Min is re-diagnosed with bone cancer, which she had once suffered as a young child.
Awards
13th Hong Kong Film Awards13th Hong Kong Film Awards
Ceremony for the 13th Hong Kong Film Awards was held in 1994.-Best Film:-Best Director:-Best Screenplay:-Best Actor:-Best Actress:-Best Supporting Actor:-Best Supporting Actress:-Best New Performer:-Best Cinematography:...
- Won: Best Picture
- Won: Best Director (Derek Yee)
- Won: Best Actress (Anita Yuen)
- Won: Best Supporting Actress (Petrina Fung)
- Won: Best Supporting Actor (Paul Chun)
- Won: Best Screenplay (Derek Yee)
- Nominated: Best Actor (Lau Ching-Wan)
- Nominated: Best Supporting Actress (Carrie Ng)
- Nominated: Best Art Direction
- Nominated: Best Costume Makeup Design
- Nominated: Best Original Film Music
- Nominated: Best Original Film Song
30th Golden Horse Awards
- Nominated: Best Director
- Nominated: Best Original Screenplay
- Nominated: Best Actress
- Nominated: Best Supporting Actress
- Nominated: Best Supporting Actor
- Nominated: Best Film Music
Cast and roles
- Jacob CheungJacob CheungJacob Cheung Chi-Leung is a Hong Kong film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. His credits include A Battle Of Wits , which was nominated for Best Director and Best Screenplay at the Golden Bauhinia Awards, and Beyond the Sunset , which was nomimated for two awards at the 9th Hong Kong...
- Fortune teller - Paul ChunPaul Chun (actor)Paul Chun Pui is a Hong Kong based actor.He is the brother of actor David Chiang and half-brother of actor/ director Derek Yee Tung-Shing. His son Benji Chiang and his daughter Lesley Chiang are duo in the pop group "Benji and Lesley". Paul started his acting career at the age of three...
- Uncle / Cheung Po-Tsai - Bo-Bo Fung - Min's mother
- Joe JuniorJoe JuniorJoe Junior is a popular Hong Kong English pop singer from Hong Kong during the 1960s. He has since been in a number of TVB drama series in the 1990s and 2000s playing older character roles. Joe Junior is his stage name. Regularly appeared on TV music programs as host and as performer...
- Cover singer - Carina LauCarina LauCarina Lau Kar-ling is a Hong Kong actress. She was especially notable in the 1980s for her girl-next-door type roles in films....
- Tracy - Lau Ching-WanLau Ching-WanSean Lau Ching-Wan is a Hong Kong Film Award–winning and Golden Bauhinia Award–winning film and former television actor based in Hong Kong.Lau was born in Hong Kong in 1964. He joined the TVB acting classes in 1983 and made his first appearance on TV the following year with TV drama Draw Out the...
- Kit - Tats LauTats LauTats Lau Yee-Tat is a songwriter, musician and comedy actor in Hong Kong.- Music career :During the 1980s, Tats Lau was active in Hong Kong's independent music scene...
- Tats - Jamie Luk - Blacky
- Carrie NgCarrie NgCarrie Ng is a Hong Kong actress best known for cult CAT III films Naked Killer and Sex and Zen. She won Best Supporting Actress at the Hong Kong Film Awards for her performance in The Kid and Best Actress at the Golden Horse Film Festival awards for her performance in Remains of a Woman.-Awards...
- Ling - Herman YauHerman YauHerman Yau Lai-To , born 1961 in Hong Kong is a film director, actor, cinematographer, scriptwriter and film producer.-Background:A Chiuchow by origin, Yau studied film at The Department of Communications, Hong Kong Baptist College from 1981 to 1984 where he spent much of his early days hanging out...
- Man in club - Anita YuenAnita YuenAnita Yuen Wing-yi is a Hong Kong film and television actress. She was the winner of the 1990 Miss Hong Kong Pageant.-Pageant career:At the age of 18, Yuen entered the Miss Hong Kong 1990 pageant. She was a heavy favorite to win the crown from the semifinal to final. During the semifinals on August...
- Min - Sylvia ChangSylvia ChangSylvia Chang is a Taiwanese actress, writer, singer, producer and director. In 1992, she was a member of the jury at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.- Actress :...
- Deputy of hospital (uncredited)
Title song
The title track of the same name Endless Love is sang by Taiwanese singer Wan FangWanfang
Wanfang , also known as Wanfang Lin, is a Taiwanese Mandopop singer. She is renowned for her sonorous, gentle soft voice and probably best known for being the original theme singer of the movie C'est la vie, mon chéri .-Biography:...
.
Movie Soundtrack
- Wan FangWanfangWanfang , also known as Wanfang Lin, is a Taiwanese Mandopop singer. She is renowned for her sonorous, gentle soft voice and probably best known for being the original theme singer of the movie C'est la vie, mon chéri .-Biography:...
: 新不了情 "Endless love" - Bo-Bo Fung: 念情 "Nian qing"
- Film score: 晨街 "Morning street"
- Film score: 忆儿时 "Childhood memories"
- Li Fong: 摇红烛 "Shaking the red candle"
- Wan FangWanfangWanfang , also known as Wanfang Lin, is a Taiwanese Mandopop singer. She is renowned for her sonorous, gentle soft voice and probably best known for being the original theme singer of the movie C'est la vie, mon chéri .-Biography:...
: 给我一个吻 "Give me a kiss" - Wan FangWanfangWanfang , also known as Wanfang Lin, is a Taiwanese Mandopop singer. She is renowned for her sonorous, gentle soft voice and probably best known for being the original theme singer of the movie C'est la vie, mon chéri .-Biography:...
: 不了情 "Love without end" - Film score: 爱芽初萌 "Shoots of a budding love"
- Film score: IN THE MOOD
- Ju Jun Li Ya and Deng Jie Ling: 载歌载舞/诈肚痛 "Singing, dancing | Fake abdominal pain" (Cantonese)
- Li Fong: 补镬佬 "Remedial guy" (Cantonese)
- Film score: 返家 "Back Home"
- Bo-Bo Fung: 黎明在望 "Dawn is in sight" (Cantonese)
Television Series
In 2008, Derek YeeDerek 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...
and CCTV
China Central Television
China Central Television or Chinese Central Television, commonly abbreviated as CCTV, is the major state television broadcaster in mainland China. CCTV has a network of 19 channels broadcasting different programmes and is accessible to more than one billion viewers...
produced a television adaptation of C'est la vie, mon chéri, starring Chen Kun, 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...
, Alex Fong Chung-Sun
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...
, 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...
, and Hui Siu Hung.