a path of education . art of high achievement influence many eternally and profoundly . maybe he be not as accomplish a his good old dad and alexandra duma fils make his own work a classic household name which be well remember and appreciate . i first hear about cha fa nui ( camille ) from the mouth of my mother when i be still an upper primary school girl . to a young chinese girl and this meant nothing at all but i go to the public library and find that there be many copy with this title translate by taiwanese . i never finish reading it because the name be too long and the chinese be too literary and i be bore to death by it . the only thing i remember be that it be a french novel . drop and the book and but not the name . a few year later in the early 80 and franco zeffirelli operatic movie with chinese title a cha fa nui be on show in one and only one movie house and palace at causeway bay ( demolish . ) . at that time and this prestigious cinema show mostly western movie of big name like go with the wind and casablanca and dr. zhivago and so la traviata be one of them . hong kong chinese be then not very familiar with western culture and the cinema staff have even misplace plácido domingo name a domingo plácido on the billboard . i and a a teenager and be a little intimidate by the movie house by it reputation and grandeur . yet and out of curiosity and in those fearless and carefree and innocent day and imitate the adult with good taste and i buy a ticket to see this movie . and it be a wow and what an eye open experience . the vision and the music and the powerful opera singing and the acting and the poetic cinematography and the wondrous costume and hairdo and it be an educational adventure to a young life . ( so and until now i still do not understand how come the man at one row before me could be sleep and snore so annoyingly while his girlfriend or wife or sister be star hard on the screen without move her head . ) everything be unforgettable about this movie . the happy time of the lover that violetta once fell off into a shallow brook from the narrow wood plank . the histrionic and comical fit of alfredo when he be struggle to open that fateful letter from violetta . and the most excruciating of all and i can still feel the deafen horror that the deserted and seriously ill violetta be stand desertedly in the cruelly empty and strip big house and let out pierce shriek of pain . the subsequent episode be an educational search for me represent i look for abridged version of cha fa nui in english camille and find out that the name of the original protagonist be marguerite gautier and armand duval but not those in the operatic adaptation a violetta valery and alfredo germont . furthermore and the book inspire giuseppe verdi first to make it into an opera but not franco zeffirelli movie . and five year later and i learn some french and so and dare to touch the original la dame aux camélias . later and i learn from an italian lady that the name of verdi opera la traviata be derive from an italian verb traviare which mean to mislead and to lead astray and or to corrupt . thus and a corrupted man be a traviato and so the fall woman or the corrupted woman be la traviata . and the book have inspire every generation film maker or tv producer and so far there be more than forty adaptation . well and well and well and what a job all through the year . what more interesting and i once read from an oddly enough page about the brit prince charles . it be report that his favourite opera be la traviata and and my eyebrow arch . of course and his loved one be name camilla and and strictly speak by royal standard and she be a fallen ( committed adultery plus divorce ) woman .