Romance De Amour
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Romance de Amour 1加1等于3 is a Chinese drama serial in Singapore
aired in 2003. It has 30 episodes. The title is based on the French "romance d'amour" meaning a ballad or song of love. Jacelyn Tay sings the theme song of the show. The show stars Li Nanxing
, Aileen Tan
, Jacelyn Tay
, Pan Lingling, Lin Meijiao
, Rayson Tan
, Huang Shinan, Patricia Mok
and Zhang Wei
.
Aileen Tan plays Kang Li, a beautiful and elegant lady who is successful in her career; however her love life is a mess. She has been involved with a mature, caring and successful man, Huang Weide (Li Nanxing) for seven years. They also have a daughter aged seven together. However, Weide is married to Xu Fangning (Lin Meijiao) whose family is powerful and rich. Realizing that Weide will not divorce his wife, Kang Li decides to end the affair for good and starts seeing Zheng Xuelun (Qi Yuwu). Just when the turmoil surrounding the love triangle finally subsides, Kang Li is diagnosed with cancer, already in its terminal stages. Upon hearing that, Weide gives up everything to stay by Kang Li's side, much to his wife's discontentment. Unable to bear the thought of losing her husband to a dying woman, Fangning plots her revenge.
The other lead in this drama is Qinghui (Jacelyn Tay), a capable, attractive woman with good business acumen. However, where affairs of the heart are concerned, she has her reservations about men and like Kang Li, she is secretly in love with another man (Huang Weide). On the other hand, Huishi (Pan Lingling) is the 'family and husband come first' type of woman. She is blessed with 2 children (a girl and a boy) and a caring and loving husband, Qipeng (Rayson Tan). On a night of drunken merrymaking during a business trip, Qipeng ends up sleeping with Qinghui. Later Huishi finds out about this and all hell breaks loose in her marriage with Qipeng.
One fighting for her life, one fighting to keep her family together and one ends up betraying her friend. How will it turn out for the three friends who were once happily running their beauty centre?
was nominated as Best Supporting Actress during the Star Awards 2003 but none received an award.
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
aired in 2003. It has 30 episodes. The title is based on the French "romance d'amour" meaning a ballad or song of love. Jacelyn Tay sings the theme song of the show. The show stars Li Nanxing
Li Nanxing
Li Nanxing is a Chinese Mediacorp actor from Singapore.Li may be the best-known male actor in Singapore in modern times, and is widely regarded as the 'king' of Caldecott Hill, alongside Zoe Tay who is the 'queen', both having consistently been voted as the 'Top 10 Most Popular Artistes' for their...
, Aileen Tan
Aileen Tan
Aileen Tan is a versatile actress in Singapore. She entered the entertainment industry through placing second in the first Star Search Competition in 1988...
, Jacelyn Tay
Jacelyn Tay
Jacelyn Tay was born on June 12, 1975 in Singapore. She was a prefect in primary school and later became a rugby player.In 1995, while in her freshman year at the National University of Singapore Arts Faculty, she entered the 4th bi-annual Star Search Competition organised by MediaCorp...
, Pan Lingling, Lin Meijiao
Lin Meijiao
Lin Meijiao 林梅娇 is a Singaporean television actress.-Bio:Lin is a consummate artiste who has acted in many drama serials. This thespian was also awarded the Best Supporting Actress at the 1995 Shanghai International Film Festival for her role in the drama serial Silk Of Love.Her congenial and...
, Rayson Tan
Rayson Tan
Rayson Tan is a Singaporean MediaCorp actor.Before joining MediaCorp, Tan worked as a flight attendant with Singapore Airlines. In 1990, he emerged as the 2nd Runner-Up in Singapore's Star Search talent competition...
, Huang Shinan, Patricia Mok
Patricia Mok
Patricia Mok is a Chinese Singaporean actress, best known for humorous roles on Comedy Nite during her stint as a JTEAM artiste. Patricia Mok has established herself as a competent host and a versatile actress, having bagged the Best Supporting Actress Award in Star Awards 2003 for playing a dowdy...
and Zhang Wei
Zhang Wei
Zhang Wei was a younger brother of the warlord Zhang Lu during the late Han Dynasty period of Chinese history. Following Cao Cao's attack on Hanzhong, Zhang Wei strongly suggested for defense of the city. After Cao Cao ended up taking Hanzhong, Zhang Wei escaped to Bazhong where he fought against...
.
Story
Romance de Amour is set against a beauty centre operated by three good friends (Aileen Tan, Jacelyn Tay and Pan Lingling). Viewers will get to see how these three good friends get embroiled in various relationship problems and how each reacts to it.Aileen Tan plays Kang Li, a beautiful and elegant lady who is successful in her career; however her love life is a mess. She has been involved with a mature, caring and successful man, Huang Weide (Li Nanxing) for seven years. They also have a daughter aged seven together. However, Weide is married to Xu Fangning (Lin Meijiao) whose family is powerful and rich. Realizing that Weide will not divorce his wife, Kang Li decides to end the affair for good and starts seeing Zheng Xuelun (Qi Yuwu). Just when the turmoil surrounding the love triangle finally subsides, Kang Li is diagnosed with cancer, already in its terminal stages. Upon hearing that, Weide gives up everything to stay by Kang Li's side, much to his wife's discontentment. Unable to bear the thought of losing her husband to a dying woman, Fangning plots her revenge.
The other lead in this drama is Qinghui (Jacelyn Tay), a capable, attractive woman with good business acumen. However, where affairs of the heart are concerned, she has her reservations about men and like Kang Li, she is secretly in love with another man (Huang Weide). On the other hand, Huishi (Pan Lingling) is the 'family and husband come first' type of woman. She is blessed with 2 children (a girl and a boy) and a caring and loving husband, Qipeng (Rayson Tan). On a night of drunken merrymaking during a business trip, Qipeng ends up sleeping with Qinghui. Later Huishi finds out about this and all hell breaks loose in her marriage with Qipeng.
One fighting for her life, one fighting to keep her family together and one ends up betraying her friend. How will it turn out for the three friends who were once happily running their beauty centre?
Nominations
The show was nominated as Best Drama Serial. Aileen Tan and Jacelyn Tay were both nominated as Best Actress and Lin MeijiaoLin Meijiao
Lin Meijiao 林梅娇 is a Singaporean television actress.-Bio:Lin is a consummate artiste who has acted in many drama serials. This thespian was also awarded the Best Supporting Actress at the 1995 Shanghai International Film Festival for her role in the drama serial Silk Of Love.Her congenial and...
was nominated as Best Supporting Actress during the Star Awards 2003 but none received an award.