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C'est la vie, mon chéri

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C'est la vie, mon chéri
DVD cover
Chinese name
Traditional Chineseしんりょうじょう
Simplified Chineseしんりょうじょう
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīn Bù Liǎo Qíng
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingSan1 Bat1 Liu2 Cing4
Directed byDerek Yee
Written byDerek Yee
Produced byAlexander Chan
StarringLau Ching-wan
Anita Yuen
Carina Lau
CinematographyPeter Ngor
Tam Tsi-wai
Edited byMei Fung
Eric Kwong
Music byChris Babida
William Wu
Production
company
Film Unlimited Production
Distributed byNewport Entertainment
Release dates
Running time
105 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$31,149,673

C'est la vie, mon chéri (Chinese: しんりょうじょう) 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

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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 (りょうじょう) starring Lin Dai, with the word "new" (しん) 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

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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

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Awards and nominations

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Awards and nominations
Ceremony Category Recipient Outcome
13th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Film C'est la vie, mon chéri Won
Best Director Derek Yee Won
Best Screenplay Derek Yee Won
Best Actor Lau Ching-wan Nominated
Best Actress Anita Yuen Won
Best Supporting Actor Paul Chun Won
Best Supporting Actress Fung Bo Bo Won
Carrie Ng Nominated
Best Art Direction Yee Chung-Man Nominated
Best Costume Makeup Design Dora Ng Nominated
Best Original Film Music Chris Babida Nominated
Best Original Film Song Song: C'est la vie, mon chéri (しんりょうじょう)

Composer: Chris Babida
Lyricist: Wong Yuk
Singer: One-Fang

Nominated
30th Golden Horse Awards Best Director Derek Yee Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Derek Yee Nominated
Best Actress Anita Yuen Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Paul Chun Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Fung Bo Bo Nominated
Best Original Film Score Chris Babida, William Wu Nominated

Theme song

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In similarity to Love Without End theme song (りょうじょう), the theme song of the same name C'est la vie, mon chéri (しんりょうじょう; Xīn bùliǎo qíng) is sung by Taiwanese singer One-Fang, which became one of her signature songs.[3][4]

Soundtrack

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  • One-Fang: しんりょうじょう "C'est la vie, mon chéri"
  • Fung Bo Bo: ねんじょう "Remembering Love"
  • Film score: 晨街 "Morning Street"
  • Film score: 憶兒 "Childhood Memories"
  • Lee Fung: ゆらべにしょく "Shaking the Red Candle"
  • One-Fang: きゅうわがいち吻 "Give Me a Kiss"
  • One-Fang: りょうじょう "Endless Love"
  • Film score: あいはつもえ "Shoots of a Budding Love"
  • Film score: In The Mood
  • Joe Junior, Louise Tang: うたまいいつわり肚痛) "Singing and Dancing (Feigning Abdominal Pain)" (Cantonese)
  • Lee Fung: 鑊佬 "Remedial guy" (Cantonese)
  • Film score: かえし "Back Home"
  • Fung Bo Bo: 黎明れいめいざいもち "Dawn Is in Sight" (Cantonese)

Television series

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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

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References

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  1. ^ C'est la vie, mon chéri at HKMDB
  2. ^ C'est la vie, mon chéri at chinesemov.com
  3. ^ Wednesday (pseudonym) (24 November 2023). "きん60 :一首いっしゅしんりょうじょうべにあまねしゅう" (in Traditional Chinese). Marie Claire Taiwan. Archived from the original on 24 December 2023. 1993ねん香港ほんこんでんかげしんりょうじょう上映じょうえい...よし萬芳演唱的主題曲〈しんりょうじょう〉...這首歌曲かきょくいんためでんかげだい成功せいこう而廣ため流傳りゅうでんなりため萬芳生涯最熱門的單曲...なりため經典きょうてん
  4. ^ "まんよし Wan Fang【しんりょうじょう New everlasting love】Official Music Video". YouTube. Rock Records.
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film
1994
Succeeded by