C'est la vie, mon chéri

C'est la vie, mon chéri
Hanyu Pinyin		Xīn Bù Liǎo Qíng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	San1 Bat1 Liu2 Cing4

Directed byDerek YeeWritten byDerek YeeProduced byAlexander ChanStarringLau Ching-wan
Anita Yuen
Carina LauCinematographyPeter Ngor
Tam Tsi-waiEdited byMei Fung
Eric KwongMusic byChris Babida
William WuDistributed byNewport Entertainment105 minutesCountryHong KongLanguageCantoneseBox officeHK$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.

Title

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.

Plot

Min (Anita Yuen), who is part of a

, which she had once suffered as a child.

Cast and roles

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• 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

Awards and nominations

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 (新不了情) 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

In similarity to Love Without End theme song (

Soundtrack

• One-Fang
  : 新不了情 "C'est la vie, mon chéri"
• Fung Bo Bo
  : 念情 "Remembering Love"
• Film score: 晨街 "Morning Street"
• Film score: 憶兒時 "Childhood Memories"
• Lee Fung: 搖紅燭 "Shaking the Red Candle"
• One-Fang: 給我一個吻 "Give Me a Kiss"
• One-Fang: 不了情 "Endless Love"
• Film score: 愛芽初萌 "Shoots of a Budding Love"
• Film score: In The Mood
• Joe Junior, Louise Tang: 載歌載舞（詐肚痛） "Singing and Dancing (Feigning Abdominal Pain)" (Cantonese)
• Lee Fung: 補鑊佬 "Remedial guy" (Cantonese)
• Film score: 返家 "Back Home"
• Fung Bo Bo: 黎明在望 "Dawn Is in Sight" (Cantonese)

Television series

In 2008,

.

See also

• List of Hong Kong films

References

External links

• C'est la vie, mon chéri at
  IMDb
• HK cinemagic entry
• Review

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Cageman	Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film 1994	Succeeded by Chungking Express