Everlasting Regret

A person's life is destined to be shorter than that of a city. Having spent her whole life in Shanghai, Qi Yao has her moments of prosperity and her fair share of loneliness. She finally fades and disappears but Shanghai remains a metropolitan city. Shanghai in the 1930s is glamorous and seductive. A pretty young girl from an ordinary family, Qi Yao is lucky enough to win the 2nd runner-up of the "Miss Shanghai" contest. Mr. Cheng, her admirer as well as a photographer who assists her to her success, knows the girl is going to live an extraordinary life.
(Source: TMDB)
~~ Adapted from the novel "The Song of Everlasting Sorrow" (长恨歌) by Wang An Yi (王安憶).