C'est la vie, mon chéri | |
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Traditional | 新不了情 |
Simplified | 新不了情 |
Mandarin | Xīn Bù Liǎo Qíng |
Cantonese | San1 Bat1 Liu2 Cing4 |
Directed by | Derek Yee |
Produced by | Alexander Chan |
Written by | Derek Yee |
Starring |
Lau Ching-wan Anita Yuen Carina Lau |
Music by | Chris Babida William Wu |
Cinematography | Peter Ngor Tam Tsi-wai |
Edited by | Mei Fung Eric Kwong |
Production
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Film Unlimited Production
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Distributed by | Newport Entertainment |
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Running time
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105 minutes |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Cantonese |
Box office | HK$31,149,673 |
C'est la vie, mon chéri (Chinese: 新不了情) 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.
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 (不了情) starring Lin Dai, 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.
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 young child.
Composer: Chris Babida
Lyricist: Wong Yuk
Singer: One-Fang
The theme song of the same name C'est la vie, mon chéri (Chinese: 新不了情; pinyin: Xīn bùliǎo qíng) is sung by Taiwanese singer One-Fang.