A SIMPLE LIFE (桃姐)
Directed by: Ann Hui from Hong Kong
Starring: Deanie Ip and Andy Lau
Hong Kong, 2012, 119 min, Cantonese w/subtitles, DCP
Film Source: China Lion Film Distribution
Tuesday, November 3, 7:30 PM at the Wilmette Theatre
Wednesday, November 4, 7:30 PM at AMC River East 21
(DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND: November 22, 7:30 PM at the Wilmette Theatre)
Synopsis: Ah Tao, who was orphaned during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, spent her entire life as the live-in maid of four generations of a Chinese family, is now looking after the only family member still living in Hong Kong. He is Roger, a movie producer. According to late Roger Ebert: “A SIMPLE LIFE is one of the year’s best films, which is content to regard these two inward people as they express love and care in their quiet ways.”
