Cest la vie, mon cheri
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Director Derek Yee Screenplay Derek Yee Writer Tung-Shing Yee Language Cantonese | 7.8/10 IMDb Genre Drama, Romance Duration Country Hong Kong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 19 February 1994 (1994-02-19) (Berlin International Film Festival) Initial release November 11, 1993 (Hong Kong) Music director Chris Babida, William Hu Wei-Li Cast Sean Lau (Kit), Anita Yuen (Min), Paul Chun Pui (Cheung Po-Sai), Petrina Fung Bo-Bo (Min's Mother), Carina Lau (Tracey), Sylvia Chang (Min's Doctor [cameo])Similar movies Directed by Derek Yee, Sean Lau movies, Hong Kong movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A gravely ill young woman (Anita Yuen) helps a dejected musician (Lau Ching-Wan) regain his sense of self.
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Cest la vie, mon cheri (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a 1994 Hong Kong movie directed by Derek Yee Tung-Shing and starring Anita Yuen, Lau Ching-Wan and Carina Lau. It won six awards, including Best Picture, during the 13th Hong Kong Film Awards.
Unable to make it as a commercial success because he staunchly refuses to sell out, a struggling Hong Kong musician rediscovers his love of music and regains an interest in his life's meaning through his relationship with a dying girl.
Title
The movie is sometimes referred to as Cest la vie, mon cherie even though this is grammatically incorrect in French (either "mon cheri" for a man or "ma cherie" for a woman is grammatically correct). The title may be roughly translated as "Thats 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 Mins 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 young child.
Awards
13th Hong Kong Film Awards
30th Golden Horse Awards
Cast and roles
Title song
The title track of the same name Endless Love (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is sung by Taiwanese singer One-Fang.
Movie Soundtrack
Television Series
In 2008, Derek Yee and CCTV produced a television adaptation of Cest la vie, mon cheri, starring Chen Kun, Fiona Sit, Alex Fong Chung-Sun, Candice Yu, and Hui Siu Hung.
References
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