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A Simple Life (Chinese: 桃姐; Jyutping: Tou4 Ze2), also known as Sister Peach, is a 2011 Hong Kong drama film directed by Ann Hui and starring Andy Lau and Deanie Ip. Ip, in the lead role of Sister Peach, won the Best Actress Award at the 68th Venice International Film Festival. Originally, Hui considered retiring after making this film.
Mar 9, 2012 · A Simple Life: Directed by Ann Hui. With Andy Lau, Deannie Ip, Hailu Qin, Fuli Wang. After suffering a stroke, an altruistic maid announces that she wants to quit her job and move into an old people's home.
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- Drama
- Ann Hui
- 2012-03-09
1h 57m. A film producer (Andy Lau) helps care for his family's lifelong servant (Deanie Ip) after she suffers a stroke and must move into a nursing home.
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- Andy Lau
- Ann Hui
- Drama
Aug 8, 2012 · Just a simple life. The life is that of Ah Tao, who was orphaned during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, spent her entire life in the service of four generations of a Chinese family, and is now the servant of the only family member still living in China.
Jun 19, 2024 · Hui’s 2011 film, “A Simple Life,” begins with reaching and moving the artists who came to be involved in its making. When producer Roger Lee chose to put to paper memories of his aging generational house-help, it was Ann Hui who encouraged these stories into a screenplay.
Sep 14, 2019 · “A Simple Life” is a movie that restores hope and trust in humanity and in love coming in unexpected forms, and is a glorious display of the best of Hong Kong cinema.
In Hong Kong Ah Tao (Deanie Ip), a maid, tends to Roger (Andy Lau), a man whose family she has nurtured for decades. Their relationship is undemonstrative, words and gestures used to convey only the essential. Then Ah Tao has a stroke and their relationship is turned on its head.
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