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La Femme Desperado

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Starring: Sheren Tang, Melissa Ng, Raymond Lam, Kenneth Ma, Michael Tse, Kate Tsui, Jacqueline Law, Lee Ka Sing, Savio Tsang, Bryan Leung, Mary Hon, Ching Ho Wai, Natalie Wong, etc.

http://tvcity.tvb.com/drama/la_femme_desperado/frontpage/index.html

There is an old saying that goes, "It is difficult to be a daughter-in-law!" Seeing that the female status held a very low position in society back in the day. Although females and males have reached equality in modern society, females cannot avoid the fact of having the ability to reproduce and to become a responsible mother after giving birth. By separating females into 3 different age groups, TVB's "La Femme Desperado" focuses on modern women and centers the problems women will encounter. The idea for TVB's series is very similar to the movie "20 30 40", starring Sylvia Chang, Rene Liu, and Angelica Lee. Kate Tsui plays the 20-year-old female and the age categories for 30-year-old and 40-year-old are played by Melissa Ng and Sheren Tang respectively. In order to show more problems that women face in modern society, the duration of the series is evidently longer than the movies version. In today's society, women face many problems relating to stress. For example, issues like 'older female younger male' relationship, non-married mother, reproduction by artificial insemination, etc. The problems faced in the series "La Femme Desperado" are more in-depth than the regular mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship, women in power, and man and woman living together issues. With such an interesting and refreshing topic, it is a must-watch for the audience. The female audience will find it very understanding and touching.

Women encounter many problems

In the series, Kate and Kenneth Ma start to date, but Kate's older sister, Sheren, opposes to the relationship because she thinks Kenneth is useless. Sheren tells Melissa to stop her brother, Kenneth, from seeing Kate. What may seem like 3 separate female experiences, they are intertwining as one whole phenomenon?

Sheren and Melissa each have their own problems. Sheren is a smart, independent woman, and she is the role model for career-oriented women. However, she has lost faith in marriage due to past relationship experiences. In order for her to have a baby that belongs to her completely, she plans on reproducing by artificial insemination. After becoming a non-married mother, Sheren has to face many stresses and many other problems. On the day of Melissa and Michael Tse's third wedding anniversary, Melissa discovers that Michael has been cheating on her. After their separation, Melissa develops an 'older female, younger male' relationship with Raymond Lam. Melissa was able to overcome her traditional beliefs and agreed to marry Raymond. Although they have resolved many stresses and problems before marriage, mother-in-law problems arise for Melissa, causing the love between husband and wife to go through difficult challenges.

Artistes included in discussion

In order for the ideas in the series to become more realistic, the 3 female leads got together in a discussion to share their female perspectives for the storyline. For TVB to take on such a bold attempt to be the series' story is a real gamble. Yet, this is a gamble that is worth taking.

*Credits to mingpao