Since her teenage years, Chung Chun-Tao has worked as an amah - a servant - for the Leung family. Known as Ah Tao, she witnessed every aspect of the family's life. Now, after 60 years of service, she is looking after Roger, who works in the film industry and is the only member of the family still resident in Hong Kong. One day Roger comes home from work to find that Ah Tao has suffered a stroke. He rushes her to hospital, where she announces that she wants to quit her job and move into anursing home. Roger researches the possibilities and finds her a room in an establishment run by an old friend. Ah Tao moves in and begins acquainting herself with a new 'family': the brisk but fundamentally kindly supervisor Ms Choi and a motley crew of elderly residents Giving ever more time and attention to Ah Tao's needs and pleasures, Roger comes to realise how much she means to him. -- (C) China Lion
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Release Date : Apr 13, 2012 Limited
Mpaa Rating : Unrated Genre Movie :Art House & International,Drama
Actors For A Simple Life
Andy Lau,Deannie Yip,Sui-man Chim,Raymond Chow,Paul Chun
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[T]he sort of film in which every detail feels unforced but essential.
Ben Sachs-Chicago Reader Here is a film with the clarity of fresh stream water, flowing without turmoil to shared destiny. No plot gimmicks. No twists and turns. Just a simple life.
Roger Ebert-Chicago Sun-Times An exquisite and wise moment of celluloid portraiture.
Trevor Johnston-Time Out Often poignant but leavened with humor.
Mark Jenkins-Washington Post Though overlong, Hui's valentine never milks the drama for tears, maintaining an unsentimental focus on the central duo's playful chemistry and the loving way Ah Tao's attention to detail is repaid.
Sheri Linden-Los Angeles Times Ms. Hui, a rare successful female director in the Hong Kong film industry, drew her story from real events, and the movie retains a tonic flavor of the everyday: its drama unfolds simply, without explosive moments but not without emotion
Rachel Saltz-New York Times Driven by the fantastic performances of Andy Lau and Deanie Ip and its authentic writing, A Simple Life is the type of film you pop in to remind yourself that there is hope for the human race.
Chris Sawin-Examiner.com eteran Director Ann Hui paints in delicate strokes, but while this may seem soft he is playing with powerful emotions.
Alan Bett-The Skinny Not since The Diving Bell and the Butterfly earned cinematographer Janusz Kaminski (Schindler's List) another Oscar nomination in 2008 has there been such a good film about incapacity.
Graham Young-Birmingham Post Compassionate but never sentimental, heartfelt but not tear-jerking and at once very funny and deeply moving.
Miles Fielder-The List It's a gentle, flawlessly observed picture, moving but never sentimental, about getting old, fulfilling familial duties, killing time and being killed by time.
Philip French-Observer [UK] In keeping with the title and the heroine, A Simple Life is a straightforward and unassuming gem.
Tara Brady-Irish Times Perturbing truths about old age nestle inside an outwardly sentimental shell - it's a less cosy or placid prospect than it seems.
Tim Robey-Daily Telegraph It is a quite lovely film.
Allan Hunter-Daily Express A sad and sombre film that uses a plangent piano soundtrack to tug at the heartstrings, but tempers this with a downbeat reality.
Peter Bradshaw-Guardian [UK] Earnest glow and slowly progressing torpor, like a dying nuclear fuel rod.
Nigel Andrews-Financial Times A film that will fill you with a sense of hope, and a glimpse into the realities of life in modern Hong Kong.
Basia Cummings-Little White Lies This poignant and emotional relationship study between an ageing servant and her employer requires more punch and focus, but is still a tender and heartfelt piece of drama with outstanding lead performances.
Jennifer Tate-ViewLondon Director Hui shows a different side to Hong Kong cinema in a tender drama that's illuminated by the marvellous Ip.
Simon Crook-Empire Magazine Well-acted, deeply human and emotionally resonating.
Avi Offer-NYC Movie Guru ...a compelling yet uneven piece of work.
David Nusair-Reel Film Reviews Hui depicts the passage of time and the poignancies of the past with subtle, elliptical episodes, and the film draws on deep emotions without succumbing to sentimentality.
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Movie Overview For A Simple Life
The relationship between a middle-aged man (Andy Lau) and the elderly woman (Deanie Ip), who has been the family's helper for sixty years.
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