A Simple Life (Tao jie)

- 2011
- Hong Kong
- 1h 58min
- PG
- Directed by: Ann Hui
- Cast: Andy Lau, Deannie Yip, Lawrence Ah Mon
- Language: Cantonese/English/Mandarin
- UK release: 3 August 2012
After a maid suffers a stroke, she quits her job to move to a retirement home. Jackie Chan's former collaborator Sammo Hung appears in this Hong Kong family drama.
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A Simple Life


Heartfelt drama about film producer becoming carer to his elderly maid
Hong Kong’s nomination for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar at this year’s Academy Awards is a paen to the aged and to caring for the old that avoids the obvious pitfalls of its tender subject matter by being compassionate but never sentimental…
A Simple Life (Tao jie)
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