World at Your Feet (TV series)
World at Your Feet çƒåœ¨ä½ 脚下 | |
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Genre | Football |
Written by | Lau Ching Poon 刘清盆 |
Directed by | Wong Foong Hwee é»„èŠ¬è² |
Starring |
Ha Yu Tay Ping Hui Elvin Ng Jeanette Aw Zhang Zhenhuan Yvonne Lim Vivian Lai Zheng Geping Aileen Tan Brandon Wong Dennis Chew Douglas Kung Xu Bin Ian Fang Aloysius Pang |
Opening theme | 《é€æ¢¦ã€‹ by Power Station |
Ending theme |
《把我的悲伤留给自己》 by Bobby Chen é™ˆå‡ "Easy to Say" by Beatbox Music "Tricking Time" by Beatbox Music |
Country of origin | Singapore |
Original language(s) | Mandarin |
No. of episodes | 30 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Paul Yuen è¢æ ‘伟 |
Producer(s) | Winnie Wong 王尤红 |
Cinematography | Tommy Lee æŽå…´é¡º |
Running time | approx. 45 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | MediaCorp Channel 8 |
Picture format | 16:9 Widescreen |
Original release | 14 May 2014 – 24 June 2014 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | C.L.I.F. 3 |
Followed by | In The Name Of Love |
Related shows |
Love Thy Neighbour (2011) Joys of Life (2012) It's a Wonderful Life (2013) The Dream Makers (2013) |
External links | |
Website |
World at Your Feet (çƒåœ¨ä½ 脚下) is a Singapore MediaCorp Channel 8 television series produced in 2014, which premiered on 14 May 2014.[1] It revolves around the theme of football, as a lead-up to the 2014 FIFA World Cup held at Brazil.[2]
Plot
Mei Renxin (Ha Yu) is a weirdo who is withdrawn. He does not get along well with people and is unapproachable.
Renxin’s anti-social behaviour is a result of an incident some years ago. His wife fainted on the road but nobody went to her aid. She died tragically and in bitterness after missing the window period to revive her.
Renxin was a celebrated football coach well known for his game strategies back then. However, the sudden death of his wife caused him much guilt. He could not forgive himself for neglecting and shortchanging her. Thereafter, he sank into oblivion and kept a distance from the sports arena.
The Mei family lives next door to the Mo family. The two families are separated by a thin wall.
The two neighbours are on bad terms as Renxin is unapproachable. He had several brushes with Mo Lihua (Vivian Lai), the second sister in the Mo family, over some petty matters. It came to the point where their neighbourly ties were soured. The feuding resulted in the enmity between the Mei and Mo families.
In his youth, Hong Canghai (Tay Ping Hui) was high-spirited and a name to be reckoned with in football. His tricky “random kick†was a delight to watch. His forte was the penalty kick where he could send the ball to any point and even kick it straight into the goal. As his wife Zheng Yongyi (Yvonne Lim) cannot get along with his mother, Canghai has no choice but to move out. This leads to his younger brother, Hong Dehai (Ian Fang), resenting him for abandoning their mother over a woman. They became estranged. Canghai has always been someone who values friendship. He never turns down anyone’s request to borrow money from him. As a result of that, his wife is very unhappy with him. Seeing that he has achieved nothing, his career-minded wife decides to leave him. The couple have two sons, Hong Qian Feng (Ivan Lo Kai Jun) and Hong Houwei (Tan Jun Sheng), aged 11 and 10 respectively. After the separation, Yongyi gains custody of the two children. Canghai and his children are miserable over their situation. Canghai refuses to give up. He will do anything to bring his broken family back together again.
Wu Weixiong (Elvin Ng), a professional footballer, falls in love with Mo Yuqing (Jeanette Aw) at first sight. However, because Weixiong has an eye disease, he carries on an ambiguous relationship with Yuqing. Later, his role in an assault case discourages him from accepting Yuqing’s love as he has made up his mind to turn himself in. However, Yuqing is adamant that Weixiong is avoiding her for reasons he will not disclose. In the end, he is forced to hit Yuqing to drive her away.
Ever since Lihua met Canghai, she is captivated by his manliness, and love for his children. She rents a room to Canghai in the hope of capturing his heart. Unfortunately for her, Canghai rejects her love as he still loves his wife.
After his release from jail, Weixiong’s eye disease worsens and he avoids people by living on his own. One day, Yuqing chances to meet Weixiong, who is a guide of “Dialogue in Darkness†Experiential Walk. She finds out the truth and decides to help Weixiong brace up and make a comeback. But Yuqing, who has accepted Gao Guotian’s (Zhang Zhenhuan) love, is in a dilemma now.
Although Guotian is a gifted footballer, he faces objections from Gao Shou (Zheng Geping) over a football career. Gao Shou is his paternal uncle who has raised him.
Guotian and Weixiong are good friends. One day, both of them got into a drunken stupor. Guotian injured someone in his bid to save him. To protect himself, he bribes the witness, Ann (Silver Ang), to frame the miserable Weixiong. Weixiong, who is in the dark, chooses to turn himself in. Guotian pleads with him against doing so, yet is afraid to tell him the truth. He feels distressed.
Guotian is in love with Yuqing and stands by her. His constant encouragement and assistance finally moves Yuqing into accepting his love. However, Guotian is perfectly aware that their relationship rests on a time bomb that will go off anytime…
Gao Shou, too, was a professional footballer when he was young. He gave up his dream for the sake of his career, and became a successful businessman. Ye Laixiang (Aileen Tan) was a waitress but worked very hard to get close to Gao Shou to become his assistant. Although she knows that he is married with Qifang (Chen Huihui), she continues to have feelings for him. It leads to a hopeless relationship with no end in sight, but gives a boost to her relationship with Renxin.
Mo Shijing (Brandon Wong), the eldest son of the Mo family, has incredible arm strength. Unfortunately, he is a bum addicted to gambling. He and Lan Yangyang (Dennis Chew), Renxin’s brother-in-law, are colleagues in a warehouse. In his youth, he fathered an illegitimate son, Liao Huancong (Xu Bin), without knowing it. He thought that the other party, Xiuhe, had the child with another man. It was only after Xiuhe revealed the truth on her deathbed that he came to his senses. Henceforth, he turned over a new leaf for Huancong.
Yangyang is Renxin’s brother-in-law. He is languid by nature and does everything by foot instead of using his hands. This turns out to be a boon because it actually trains him to develop a set of skills using his feet. Yangyang, a former columnist, is a man of emotions. He falls for Yuqing but after being spurned by her, turns his attention to her elder sister, Lihua, creating some funny episodes in the process.
Wang Jiannan (Douglas Kung) is the teammate of Canghai, Weixiong and Guotian. He requires a huge sum of money for medical treatment for his younger sister who is suffering from a serious illness.
This bunch of desperate people with a common passion for football decide to participate in a street football tournament that comes with a generous prize. But they are thrashed soundly in their first match. At the critical juncture, Renxin finally shows his prowess. Only then does everyone know that he is someone to be reckoned with. Thereafter, under Renxin’s coaching, the team surprisingly scores a victory and goes on to win match after match.
Meanwhile, Dehai, Huancong, Fang Yangming (Aloysius Pang) and a few other young men form “Peaks Team†so that Renxin’s “Fire Team†cannot steal the limelight. This group of boys whose future seems uncertain are not exactly enthusiastic initially about participating in the tournament. Later, with encouragement from Yangming, who is afflicted with an incurable illness, they decide to take the tournament seriously in order to score a personal triumph as the boys feel that they have never won any prizes in their lives before.
And so the battle begins. The “Fire Team†of men past their prime and the “Peaks Team†of young men vie for the trophy. The two teams start out as rivals who are uncompromising but end up as friends who appreciate one other. The situation is certainly one of “The ball is in your court†and “Life is how you deal with itâ€. Faced with a common enemy subsequently, the Mei and Mo families discard their animosity to join hands in forming the “Brave Lions Team†to defeat the mighty Hong Kong team.
Renxin is the captain of the Singapore team. Whether this group of people will turn their lives around and make a comeback or not, one can only hear him shouting fervently on the sideline: “Don’t give up! The world is at your feet!â€
Cast
Main Cast
Cast | Role | Description | Episodes appeared |
---|---|---|---|
Ha Yu å¤é›¨ | Mei Renxin 梅ä»ä¿¡ |
|
1 - 30 |
Tay Ping Hui 郑斌辉 | Hong Canghai 洪沧海 |
|
1-5, 17-30 |
Elvin Ng 黄俊雄 | Wu Weixiong å´ä¼Ÿé›„ |
|
1-10, 24-26, 28-30 |
Jeanette Aw æ¬§è± | Mo Yuqing 莫雨晴 |
|
1-5, 17, 19-30 |
Zhang Zhenhuan å¼ æŒ¯å¯° | Gao Guotian 高过天 |
|
1-5, 17-30 |
Yvonne Lim 林湘è | Zheng Yongyi 郑永仪 |
|
2-5, 17-20, 28-30 |
Vivian Lai 赖怡伶 | Mo Lihua 莫丽花 |
|
1-5, 17, 19-30 |
Zheng Geping 郑å„评 | Gao Shou 高首 |
|
1, 5, 20, 22-23, 26-27, 29-30 |
Aileen Tan 陈丽贞 | Ye Laixiang å¶æ¥é¦™ |
|
4-5, 18, 20, 22-23, 26, 29-30 |
Brandon Wong 黄炯耀 | Mo Shijing 莫世敬 |
|
1-5, 17-30 |
Dennis Chew 周崇庆 | Lan Yangyang è“阳阳 |
|
1-2, 4-5, 17-24, 27-30 |
Douglas Kung å”祥德 | Wang Jiannan çŽ‹å»ºå— |
|
1-3, 5, 17-24, 27-30 |
Xu Bin å¾å½¬ | Liao Huancong å»–ç„•èª |
|
1, 9, 13-14, 20-21, 23-30 |
Ian Fang æ–¹ä¼Ÿæ° | Hong Dehai 洪德海 |
In love with Ye Xiaofeng |
1-3, 9, 13-14, 16-17, 20-21, 24-30 |
Aloysius Pang 冯伟衷 | Fang Yangming 方扬å |
|
2, 9, 20, 24-30 |
KK Cheung å¼ å›½å¼º | Li Daoqiang æŽé“强 |
|
1, 3-4, 29-30 |
Mei (Renxin) family
Cast | Role | Description |
---|---|---|
Ha Yu å¤é›¨ | Mei Renxin 梅ä»ä¿¡ | See Main Cast |
Dennis Chew 周崇庆 | Lan Yangyang è“阳阳 | See Main Cast |
Mo (Lihua) family
Cast | Role | Description | Episodes appeared |
---|---|---|---|
Zhang Wei å¼ ä¸º | Mo Guojia 莫国佳 |
|
1-3, 17, 19, 21, |
Brandon Wong 黄炯耀 | Mo Shijing 莫世敬 | See Main Cast | |
Vivian Lai 赖怡伶 | Mo Lihua 莫丽花 | See Main Cast | |
Jeanette Aw æ¬§è± | Mo Yuqing 莫雨晴 | See Main Cast | |
Xu Bin å¾å½¬ | Liao Huancong å»–ç„•èª | See Main Cast |
Hong (Canghai) extended family
Cast | Role | Description | Episodes appeared |
---|---|---|---|
Zhu Xiufeng 朱秀凤 |
|
||
Tay Ping Hui 郑斌辉 | Hong Canghai 洪沧海 | See Main Cast | |
Yvonne Lim 林湘è | Zheng Yongyi 郑永仪 | See Main Cast | |
Ian Fang æ–¹ä¼Ÿæ° | Hong Dehai 洪德海 | See Main Cast | |
Ivan Lo Kai Jun å¢æ¥·æµš | Hong Qianfeng æ´ªå‰é”‹ |
|
1-2, 5, 17-19, 21, 28-30 |
Tan Jun Sheng 陈俊生 | Hong Houwei æ´ªåŽšå« |
|
1-2, 5, 17-19, 21, 28-30 |
Wu (Weixiong) family
Cast | Role | Description | Episodes appeared |
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Richard Low 刘谦益 | Wu Shengda å´å‡è¾¾ |
Wu Weixiong's father |
5, 19-20, 23-25, 28 |
Elvin Ng 黄俊雄 | Wu Weixiong å´ä¼Ÿé›„ | See Main Cast |
Gao (Shou) family
Cast | Role | Description | Episodes appeared |
---|---|---|---|
Zheng Geping 郑å„评 | Gao Shou 高首 | See Main Cast | |
Chen Huihui 陈慧慧 | Chen Qifang 陈ç¦èŠ³ |
|
1-2, 17-18, 20, 22, 27, 29 |
Zhang Zhen Huan å¼ æŒ¯å¯° | Gao Guotian 高过天 | See Main Cast |
Ye (Laixiang) family
Cast | Role | Description | Episodes appeared |
---|---|---|---|
Aileen Tan 陈丽贞 | Ye Laixiang å¶æ¥é¦™ | See Main Cast | |
Kimberly Chia è°¢é™ä»ª | Ye Xiaofeng å¶æ™“凤 |
|
Fire Team
Cast | Role | Description |
---|---|---|
Ha Yu å¤é›¨ | Mei Renxin 梅ä»ä¿¡ | See Main Cast |
Dennis Chew 周崇庆 | Lan Yangyang è“阳阳 | See Main Cast |
Zheng Geping 郑å„评 | Gao Shou 高首 | See Main Cast |
Zhang Zhen Huan å¼ æŒ¯å¯° | Gao Guotian 高过天 | See Main Cast |
Brandon Wong 黄炯耀 | Mo Shijing 莫世敬 | See Main Cast |
Douglas Kung å”祥德 | Wang Jiannan çŽ‹å»ºå— | See Main Cast |
Peaks Team
Cast | Role | Description | Episodes appeared |
---|---|---|---|
Tay Ping Hui 郑斌辉 | Hong Canghai 洪沧海 | See Main Cast | |
Ian Fang æ–¹ä¼Ÿæ° | Hong Dehai 洪德海 | See Main Cast | |
Xu Bin å¾å½¬ | Liao Huancong å»–ç„•èª | See Main Cast | |
Aloysius Pang 冯伟衷 | Fang Yangming 方扬å | See Main Cast | |
Kimberly Chia è°¢é™ä»ª | Ye Xiaofeng å¶æ™“凤 | See Ye (Laixiang) family | |
Kelvin Mun æ–‡å…†ä¿ | Ma Guangzong 马光宗 |
|
Other Cast
Cast | Role | Description | Episodes appeared |
---|---|---|---|
Chantelle Ng 黄暄婷 | Li Siqiang æŽæ€è”· |
|
1, 4, 9, 17, 21, 26-28, 30 |
Jeremy Chan 田明耀 | Alex Lim |
|
1-3, 5, 17, 19, 27 |
Wang Yuqing çŽ‹æ˜±é’ | Huang Furen é»„å¯Œä» |
|
1-2, 18, 27 |
Silver Ang æ´ªåæƒ | Ann |
|
4, 17-19 |
Louis Wu ä¼æ´›æ¯… | Zheng Yongyi's colleague |
Special appearances
Cast | Role | Description | Episodes appeared |
---|---|---|---|
Quah Kim Song æŸ¯é‡‘æ¾ | Prize presenter (himself) é¢å¥–嘉宾 | Guest-of-honour for the 2012 Dragon King Cup | 1 |
Tosh Zhang å¼ æ™ºæ¨ | Ah Wei é˜¿å¨ |
|
1, 13-14 |
Wang Weiliang 王伟良 | Ah Liang 阿良 |
|
1, 13-14 |
Maxi Lim 林俊良 | Jiang Shui 江水 |
|
1, 13-14 |
Noah Yap å¶è£è€€ | Guang Huo å¹¿ç« |
|
1, 13 |
Charlie Goh å´æ¸…樑 | Cheng Jin æˆé‡‘ |
|
1, 13 |
Ho Ai Ling 何爱玲 | Reporter Cai 蔡记者 |
|
1, 3 |
Teo Ser Lee å¼ æ€ä¸½ | Xiuhuan 秀环 |
|
23-24 |
Lawrence Wong 黄循财 | Himself |
|
27-28 |
Star Awards 2015 Nominations
World at Your Feet garnered 13 nominations for 10 awards in Star Awards 2015, winning 2 of them.
Nominee / Work | Award | Accolade | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Ivan Lo Kai Jun å¢æ¥·ä¿Š | Star Awards 2015 Show 1 红星大奖2015 - 第一场 | Young Talent Award é’苹果奖 | Nominated |
《é€æ¢¦ã€‹ by Power Station 动力ç«è½¦ | Best Theme Song 最佳主题曲 | Nominated | |
Wong Foong Hwee é»„èŠ¬è² | Best Director 最佳导演 | Nominated | |
Justin Lee Zhen An æŽæŒ¯å®‰ | Best Costume and Image Design 最佳æœè£…ä¸Žé€ åž‹è®¾è®¡ | Nominated | |
Tommy Lee æŽå…´é¡º | Best Cameraman for Drama Programme 最佳æˆå‰§æ‘„å½± | Nominated | |
Zheng Kai Hua éƒ‘å‡¯åŽ and Thong Meng Sum å”明心 | Best Music and Sound Design 最佳音ä¹ä¸ŽéŸ³æ•ˆè®¾è®¡ | Nominated | |
Aloysius Pang 冯伟衷 | Favourite Male Character 最喜爱男角色 | Nominated | |
Elvin Ng 黄俊雄 | Nominated | ||
Zhang Zhen Huan å¼ æŒ¯å¯° | Won | ||
Kimberly Chia è°¢é™ä»ª | Favourite Female Character 最喜爱女角色 | Nominated | |
Zhang Zhen Huan å¼ æŒ¯å¯° and Jeanette Aw æ¬§è± | Favourite Onscreen Couple 最喜爱银幕情侣 | Won | |
Ian Fang æ–¹ä¼Ÿæ° and Kimberly Chia è°¢é™ä»ª | Nominated | ||
Yvonne Lim 林湘è | Star Awards 2015 Show 2 红星大奖2015 - 第二场 | Best Actress 最佳女主角 | Nominated |
Trivia
- This is the second series after It Takes Two to use Korean songs, though they are not the official themes.
- Ha Yu's third Singaporean drama series after Love Thy Neighbour and It's a Wonderful Life. Ha Yu and Brandon Wong are the only two cast members to have appeared in the three series so far. Vivian Lai, Douglas Kung, Ha Yu, Aileen Tan, Tan Junsheng and Brandon Wong acted in the series as well.
- This is the second time Brandon Wong and Xu Bin have acted as father and son in a drama, after Don't Stop Believin' in 2012.
- Vivian Lai's 2014 series after Love Thy Neighbour.
- Due to Elvin Ng's role in C.L.I.F. 3, he will only appear in some episodes in the series.
- The names of some of the characters are homonyms to Chinese phrases e.g. 梅ä»ä¿¡ sounding like 没ä»æ€§ or 没人信, å´ä¼Ÿé›„ sounding like æ— å°¾ç†Š, 莫丽花 sounding like 茉莉花, è“阳阳 sounding like 懒洋洋, å¶æ¥é¦™ sounding like 夜æ¥é¦™, 高首 sounding like 高手. In addition, there are also name combinations, æŽé“强 and æŽæ€è”· sounding like æŽé“æ€è”·, 高过天 and 莫雨晴 sounding like 雨过天晴.
- Snippets of the next episode are shown during the ending credits of each episode. This is the sixth series where News Tonight commentaries are not announced.
- A spin-off telemovie titled Unexpected Strangers (å°å¿ƒé™Œç”Ÿäºº) was later produced whereby only Jeanette Aw, Elvin Ng, Zhang Zhenhuan and Richard Low reprised their roles, and was joined by new cast members Jayley Woo and Allen Chen.
- The show, along with the line "We're brothers. I will give you support when you need it most. (我们是brotheréº»ã€‚åœ¨ä½ æœ€éœ€è¦supportçš„æ—¶å€™å‘¢ï¼Œç»™ä½ supportï¼)" said by Dennis Chew, are mentioned in episode 36 of 118, which also starred Chew and Xu Bin.
See also
References
- ↑ ""World At Your Feet" website". xinmsn. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ↑ "World At Your Feet çƒåœ¨ä½ 脚下 - MediaCorp Advertising". MediaCorp Advertising. Retrieved 29 May 2014.