1993 · drama · romance
C'est la vie, mon cheri
Directed by Derek Yee Tung-Sing1h 45m1993
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.
Our read: C'est la vie, mon cheri (1993) reads as a neutral, measured, grounded drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, measured, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
- measured
- tender
- intimate
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