La Femme Desperado
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La Femme Desperado is a TVB modern drama series broadcast in April 2006. The series contains many realistic elements relating to the life of a woman in today's modern society, particularly in Hong Kong. It is noted that this show is primarily based on the U.S.
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(2006) Television Awards
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Synopsis
There are three pairs of couples and their roles highlight the roles of women in modern society:- Chai Foon (Raymond LamRaymond LamRaymond Lam Fung is a Hong Kong actor and singer contracted to the television station TVB and EEG's Music Plus label. He has been famous with his "choking" look.-Early years:Raymond Lam was born into a wealthy family...
) and Ko Chi-Ling (Melissa NgMelissa NgMelissa Ng Mei Hang is a semi-retired TV actress in Hong Kong. She has been a TVB actress since 1996 after coming second in the Miss Chinese International Pageant, retiring from acting in 2007 to start a family...
) - Chai Foon has been in love with his tutor, Ling, since he was 11 and she was 18. They depict the problems of overcoming a seven year age gap in traditional Chinese society.
- Man King-Leung (Michael TseMichael TseMichael Tse Tin Wah is a Hong Kong TVB actor.-Career highlights:Michael Tse graduated from TVB's Dance Training Class and worked with TVB as a dancer for 5 years. He then left TVB and formed a boy band group called 風火海 with Jordan Chan and Jason Chu...
) and Hilda Hoi Kiu (Sheren TangSheren TangSheren Tang Shui-man is a famous Hong Kong television actress who is known for not signing a long-term contract with TVB, preferring to work on a per-drama contract with the TV station. She is most famous for her roles in the mega-hit TVB drama series like War and Beauty, La Femme Desperado, The...
) - shows their quest to power and fame, their readiness to sacrifice anything - even their loved ones - for the sake of climbing the corporate ladder. However, throughout the show, their characters began to make the realization that love and family are actually much more significant in life than success in the business world.
- Ko Chi-Lik (Kenneth MaKenneth MaKenneth Ma Kwok-ming is a Chinese Canadian actor from Hong Kong. He graduated from University of British Columbia majoring in Mechanical Engineering...
) and Ida Hoi Suen (Kate TsuiKate TsuiKate Tsui Tsz-shan is the 2004 Miss Hong Kong pageant winner and currently a TVB actress.-Education:Tsui graduated from the University of California, Davis, majoring in Japanese. She is skilled in different interests such as acting, dancing, learning languages, and snowboarding...
) - focuses on the status of the woman in modern society. Raised in a patriarchal environment, Lik, who has very old-fashioned thinking, believes that women cannot become sushi chefs. He believes that a woman should be staying at home, cooking, serving their husbands and caring for the children. Ida on the other hand, is a very strong-willed modern Chinese woman. Through her determination, confidence and persistence, she proves her skills to him. Their frequent conflict and arguments over the rights and roles of women and Lik's eventual realization that women can indeed accomplish greater accomplishments than men show the gradual progression of value changes.
Main cast
| Cast | Role | Description |
| Sheren Tang Sheren Tang Sheren Tang Shui-man is a famous Hong Kong television actress who is known for not signing a long-term contract with TVB, preferring to work on a per-drama contract with the TV station. She is most famous for her roles in the mega-hit TVB drama series like War and Beauty, La Femme Desperado, The... |
Hoi Kiu (Hilda) 海翹 |
37 years old Pluto Company Product Manager Man King-Leung's lover. Hoi Suen's older sister. |
| Melissa Ng Melissa Ng Melissa Ng Mei Hang is a semi-retired TV actress in Hong Kong. She has been a TVB actress since 1996 after coming second in the Miss Chinese International Pageant, retiring from acting in 2007 to start a family... |
Ko Chi-Ling 高志玲 |
32 years old Pluto Company Product Assistant Manager Chai Foon's wife. Man King-Leung's ex-wife. Ko Wing-Tim and Lau Wai-Sim's daughter. Ko Chi-Lik and Ko Chi-Lun's sister. |
| Raymond Lam Raymond Lam Raymond Lam Fung is a Hong Kong actor and singer contracted to the television station TVB and EEG's Music Plus label. He has been famous with his "choking" look.-Early years:Raymond Lam was born into a wealthy family... |
Chai Foon 齊寬 |
25 years old Pluto Company Clerk Ko Chi-Ling's husband. |
| Michael Tse Michael Tse Michael Tse Tin Wah is a Hong Kong TVB actor.-Career highlights:Michael Tse graduated from TVB's Dance Training Class and worked with TVB as a dancer for 5 years. He then left TVB and formed a boy band group called 風火海 with Jordan Chan and Jason Chu... |
Man King-Leung (Man) 文景良 |
38 years old Hoi Kiu's lover. Ko Chi-Ling's ex-husband. |
| Kenneth Ma Kenneth Ma Kenneth Ma Kwok-ming is a Chinese Canadian actor from Hong Kong. He graduated from University of British Columbia majoring in Mechanical Engineering... |
Ko Chi-Lik 高志力 |
29 years old Sushi Chef Hoi Suen's lover. Ko Wing-Tim and Lau Wai-Sim's son. Ko Chi-Ling and Ko Chi-Lun's younger brother. |
| Kate Tsui Kate Tsui Kate Tsui Tsz-shan is the 2004 Miss Hong Kong pageant winner and currently a TVB actress.-Education:Tsui graduated from the University of California, Davis, majoring in Japanese. She is skilled in different interests such as acting, dancing, learning languages, and snowboarding... |
Hoi Suen (Ida) 海璇 |
24 years old Ko Chi-Lik's lover. Hoi Kiu's younger sister. |
Other cast
| Cast | Role | Description |
| Cindy Au Cindy Au Cindy Au Sin-yi is a Hong Kong TVB actress. She plays major supporting roles in drama serials.She began her entertainment career as a singer, and was famous for the theme song to the Cantonese version of the cartoon Chibi Maruko-chan.On July 22, 2006, Cindy Au married her boyfriend Roger Kwok at... |
Kong Ching-Ching (Crystal) 江晶晶 |
21 years old Please Company Owner |
| Jacqueline Lo (羅慧娟) | Huen Bo-Ting (Venus) 禤寶婷 |
37 years old Ma Sai-Hin's wife. Hoi Kiu's university classmate. |
| Savio Tsang (曾偉權) | Ma Sai-Hin 馬世軒 |
45 years old Pluto Company Owner Huen Bo-Ting's husband. |
| Bryan Leung Leung Kar Yan Bryan Leung Ka-yan is a Hong Kong film and television actor and director who has played roles in numerous acclaimed martial arts films. He is affectionately known as "Beardy" due to his trademark facial hair. He also has characteristic hyper-extendable fingers, which can be observed when he has... |
Ko Wing-Tim 高榮添 |
55 years old Lau Wai-Sim's husband. Ko Chi-Lun, Ko Chi-Ling, and Ko Chi-Lik's father. |
| Ching Hor Wai (程可為) | Lau Wai-Sim 劉慧嬋 |
Ko Wing-Tim's wife. Ko Chi-Lun, Ko Chi-Ling, and Ko Chi-Lik's mother. |
| Li Ka Sing (李家聲) | Ko Chi-Lun 高志能 |
35 years old Taxi Driver Koon Ka-Lun's husband. Ko Wing-Tim and Lau Wai-Sim's son. Ko Chi-Ling and Ko Chi-Lik's older brother. |
| Natalie Wong Natalie Wong Natalie Kei Ying Wong , born on 15 July 1976 in Hong Kong is a Chinese actress affiliated with TVB in Hong Kong.-Miss Hong Kong start:... |
Koon Ka-Yung 管嘉蓉 |
Ko Chi-Lun's wife. |
| Lai Suen (黎宣) | Cheung Pak-Chi 章柏枝 |
Convenience Store Owner Chai Foon's grandmother. |
| Mary Hon Mary Hon Mary Hon is an actress from TVB in Hong Kong. She has appeared in many television series, such as Beyond the Realm of Conscience.-TV series:-External links:... (韓馬利) |
Tong Lai-Chu 唐麗珠 |
47 years old Chai Foon's mother. |
| Kong Hon (江漢) | Kong Wing-Nin 江永年 |
Please Company Founder Kong Ching-Ching's grandfather. |
| Derek Kok Derek Kok Derek Kwok Jing-hung is a Hong Kong actor who has worked for TVB since 1986. He filmed over 60 dramas. He is specialised in action and Chinese Kung Fu performance.His career started when he entered the New Talent Singing Awards in 1985... |
Cho Ka-Po (KP) 曹家普 |
Please Company Asia Pacific CEO Hoi Kiu's ex-lover. Hoi Kiu's ex-colleague/ex-superior at Please Company Hoi Kiu's ex-boyfriend. |
| June Chan (陳琪) | Ho Nga-Kei (Jackie) 何雅琪 |
Huen Bo-Ting's cousin. |
Characters
- Ko Chi-Ling (Melissa NgMelissa NgMelissa Ng Mei Hang is a semi-retired TV actress in Hong Kong. She has been a TVB actress since 1996 after coming second in the Miss Chinese International Pageant, retiring from acting in 2007 to start a family...
), nicknamed "Ko Ling", is a 32 year old assistant manager of Pluto, a consumer product distributor. Ling comes from a very traditional family, who expected women to marry and give birth to children as soon as possible, and avoid a professional career. After finding out that her husband and co-worker Man King Leung had an affair, she divorced him, and began to learn from Hilda as she makes her way up in the corporate world.
- Hilda Hoi Kiu (Sheren TangSheren TangSheren Tang Shui-man is a famous Hong Kong television actress who is known for not signing a long-term contract with TVB, preferring to work on a per-drama contract with the TV station. She is most famous for her roles in the mega-hit TVB drama series like War and Beauty, La Femme Desperado, The...
) is a 37 year old product manager of Pluto. She is considered to be the definition of a strong businesswoman. Hilda would use all her charm to get business, often alienating many coworkers in the process. Her characteristics of a strong businesswoman is "forced-out" due to the huge disappointment towards men when her ex-boyfriend whom she loved accused her for the sake of climbing up the corporate ladder plus the fact her father abandon their family for another woman further deepen it. However, the otherside of her is very gentle and feminine, towards her sister Hoi Suen.
- Ida Hoi Suen (Kate TsuiKate TsuiKate Tsui Tsz-shan is the 2004 Miss Hong Kong pageant winner and currently a TVB actress.-Education:Tsui graduated from the University of California, Davis, majoring in Japanese. She is skilled in different interests such as acting, dancing, learning languages, and snowboarding...
) is the sister of Hilda. Hilda's and Ida relationship was very close in the earlier days, however was strain due to the over-concern by Hilda which back-fired. She fell in love with her sushi mentor.
- Man King-Leung (Michael TseMichael TseMichael Tse Tin Wah is a Hong Kong TVB actor.-Career highlights:Michael Tse graduated from TVB's Dance Training Class and worked with TVB as a dancer for 5 years. He then left TVB and formed a boy band group called 風火海 with Jordan Chan and Jason Chu...
) is a 38 year old worker at Pluto. He is known to climb up the corporate greasy pole at all costs, earning him the title "Scum Man". after his divorce with Ko Ling, he had a relationship with Hilda. Man left Pluto to become an executive at Please, a department store chain, out of spite.
- Chai Foon (Raymond LamRaymond LamRaymond Lam Fung is a Hong Kong actor and singer contracted to the television station TVB and EEG's Music Plus label. He has been famous with his "choking" look.-Early years:Raymond Lam was born into a wealthy family...
) is married to Ko Chi-Ling, despite a 7-year age difference between them. He acts on an impulse, and this led to strains in their marriage.
- Ko Chi-Lik (Kenneth MaKenneth MaKenneth Ma Kwok-ming is a Chinese Canadian actor from Hong Kong. He graduated from University of British Columbia majoring in Mechanical Engineering...
) is the younger brother of Ling. He is a sushi chef by profession, and fell in love with his student, Ida Hoi. His father's chauvinistic attitudes rubbed off on him, and this caused much strain in their relationship.
Viewership ratings
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April 17 - April 21, 2005 | 1 — 5 | |
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April 24 - April 28, 2005 | 6 — 10 | |
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May 1 - May 5, 2005 | 11 — 15 | |
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May 8 - May 12, 2005 | 16 — 20 | |
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May 14, 2005 | 21 — 22 | |
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Awards
39th TVB Anniversary Awards (2006)TVB Anniversary Awards (2006)
TVB Anniversary Awards 2006 is an award ceremony that celebrates the best in TVB programming of 2006. The award ceremony took place on 10 November 2006.-Best Actor:"Best Actor in a Leading Role" Award ....
- "Best Drama"
- "Most Improved Actor" (Kenneth Ma)
Ming Pao
Ming Pao
Ming Pao is a Chinese language newspaper published by Ming Pao Group in Hong Kong. In the 1990s, Ming Pao established four overseas branches in North America, each provides independent reporting on local news and collect local advertisements. Currently, only the two Canadian editions remain: Ming...
(2006) Television Awards
- "Best Drama Series"
Nominations
39th TVB Anniversary Awards (2006)TVB Anniversary Awards (2006)
TVB Anniversary Awards 2006 is an award ceremony that celebrates the best in TVB programming of 2006. The award ceremony took place on 10 November 2006.-Best Actor:"Best Actor in a Leading Role" Award ....
- "Best Actor in a Leading Role" (Raymond LamRaymond LamRaymond Lam Fung is a Hong Kong actor and singer contracted to the television station TVB and EEG's Music Plus label. He has been famous with his "choking" look.-Early years:Raymond Lam was born into a wealthy family...
- Chai Foon) Top 5 - "Best Actor in a Leading Role" (Michael TseMichael TseMichael Tse Tin Wah is a Hong Kong TVB actor.-Career highlights:Michael Tse graduated from TVB's Dance Training Class and worked with TVB as a dancer for 5 years. He then left TVB and formed a boy band group called 風火海 with Jordan Chan and Jason Chu...
- Man King-Leung) - "Best Actress in a Leading Role" (Sheren TangSheren TangSheren Tang Shui-man is a famous Hong Kong television actress who is known for not signing a long-term contract with TVB, preferring to work on a per-drama contract with the TV station. She is most famous for her roles in the mega-hit TVB drama series like War and Beauty, La Femme Desperado, The...
- Hilda Hoi Kiu) Top 5 - "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" (Kenneth MaKenneth MaKenneth Ma Kwok-ming is a Chinese Canadian actor from Hong Kong. He graduated from University of British Columbia majoring in Mechanical Engineering...
- Ko Chi-Lik) - "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" (Li Ka Sing - Ko Chi-Lun)
- "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" (Bryan LeungLeung Kar YanBryan Leung Ka-yan is a Hong Kong film and television actor and director who has played roles in numerous acclaimed martial arts films. He is affectionately known as "Beardy" due to his trademark facial hair. He also has characteristic hyper-extendable fingers, which can be observed when he has...
- Ko Wing-Tim) - "Best Actress in a Supporting Role" (Kate TsuiKate TsuiKate Tsui Tsz-shan is the 2004 Miss Hong Kong pageant winner and currently a TVB actress.-Education:Tsui graduated from the University of California, Davis, majoring in Japanese. She is skilled in different interests such as acting, dancing, learning languages, and snowboarding...
- Ida Hoi Suen) - "Best Actress in a Supporting Role" (Cindy AuCindy AuCindy Au Sin-yi is a Hong Kong TVB actress. She plays major supporting roles in drama serials.She began her entertainment career as a singer, and was famous for the theme song to the Cantonese version of the cartoon Chibi Maruko-chan.On July 22, 2006, Cindy Au married her boyfriend Roger Kwok at...
- Kong Ching-Ching) - "My Favourite Male Character Role" (Raymond LamRaymond LamRaymond Lam Fung is a Hong Kong actor and singer contracted to the television station TVB and EEG's Music Plus label. He has been famous with his "choking" look.-Early years:Raymond Lam was born into a wealthy family...
- Chai Foon) Top 5 - "My Favourite Male Character Role" (Michael TseMichael TseMichael Tse Tin Wah is a Hong Kong TVB actor.-Career highlights:Michael Tse graduated from TVB's Dance Training Class and worked with TVB as a dancer for 5 years. He then left TVB and formed a boy band group called 風火海 with Jordan Chan and Jason Chu...
- Man King-Leung) - "My Favourite Female Character Role" (Sheren TangSheren TangSheren Tang Shui-man is a famous Hong Kong television actress who is known for not signing a long-term contract with TVB, preferring to work on a per-drama contract with the TV station. She is most famous for her roles in the mega-hit TVB drama series like War and Beauty, La Femme Desperado, The...
- Hilda Hoi Kiu) Top 5 - "My Favourite Female Character Role" (Kate TsuiKate TsuiKate Tsui Tsz-shan is the 2004 Miss Hong Kong pageant winner and currently a TVB actress.-Education:Tsui graduated from the University of California, Davis, majoring in Japanese. She is skilled in different interests such as acting, dancing, learning languages, and snowboarding...
- Ida Hoi Suen) - "My Favourite Female Character Role" (Melissa NgMelissa NgMelissa Ng Mei Hang is a semi-retired TV actress in Hong Kong. She has been a TVB actress since 1996 after coming second in the Miss Chinese International Pageant, retiring from acting in 2007 to start a family...
- Ko Chi-Ling) - "Most Improved Actor" (Michael Tse)