Hong Kong, 2011-2012
Director: Ann Hui (許鞍華)
Cast: Andy Lau (劉德華), Deanie Ip (葉德嫻), Amanda Qin Hai-Lu (秦海璐), Wang Fu-Li (王馥荔), Paul Chun (秦沛), Anthony Wong (黃秋生)
“A Simple Life,” which won the 31st Hong Kong Film Awards’ five
major categories earlier this month, is based on a true story, of its producer
Roger Lee (李恩霖) and his
family’s late servant Chung Chun-Tou (鍾春桃). The anecdote itself is not necessarily dramatic but, as the
film’s title suggests, quite simple. After the Leong family (Lee’s surname has
been changed to Leong in the movie) immigrated to San Francisco, the
long-serving family maid Chun-Tou - nicknamed A-Tou (阿桃) or Tou-Je (桃姐), played by
Deanie Ip - is left in Hong Kong just to look after the young master Roger
(Andy Lau). One day, Tou-Je has a stroke, and after recovery, decides to move
into an old people’s home.
