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C'est la vie, mon chri
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Wikipedia article
'C'est la vie, mon chri' 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
The movie is sometimes referred to as 'C'est la vie, mon chrie' even though this is grammatically incorrect in French (either "mon chri" or "ma chrie" 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
* Carina Lau as Tracey
* Paul Chun as Uncle / Cheung Po-tsai
* Fung Bo Bo as Min's mother
* Carrie Ng as Yau Ling
* Sylvia Chang 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
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Awards and nominations
Theme song
The theme song of the same name 'C'est la vie, mon chri' is sung by Taiwanese singer One-Fang.
Soundtrack
* One-Fang: "'C'est la vie, mon chri'"
* Fung Bo Bo: "'Remembering Love'"
* Film score: "'Morning Street'"
* Film score: "'Childhood Memories'"
* Lee Fung: "'Shaking the Red Candle'"
* One-Fang: "'Give Me a Kiss'"
* One-Fang: "'Endless Love'"
* Film score: "'Shoots of a Budding Love'"
* Film score: IN THE MOOD
* Joe Junior, Louise Tang: "'Singing and Dancing (Feigning Abdominal Pain)'" (Cantonese)
* Lee Fung: "'Remedial guy'" (Cantonese)
* Film score: "'Back Home'"
* Fung Bo Bo: "'Dawn Is in Sight'" (Cantonese)
Television Series
In 2008, Derek Yee and CCTV produced a television adaptation of 'C'est la vie, mon chri', starring Chen Kun, Fiona Sit, Alex Fong, Candice Yu, and Benz Hui.
See also
* List of Hong Kong films
References
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