Scriptwriter
Susan CHAN, Roger LEE
Cinematography
YU Lik-wai
Editor
KONG Chi-leung (HKSE), Manda WAI
Sound Director
TU Duu-chih
Composer
LAW Wing-fai
Production Designer
Albert POON
Costume Designer
Boey WONG
More Cast
QIN Hailu

A Simple Life

Director
Ann HUI
Country
Hong Kong
Year
2011
Genre
Drama, Family
Status
Completed
Duration
118 min
Language
Cantonese
Cast
Andy LAU, Deanie IP
Synopsis

Roger Leung, an unmarried middle aged Hong Kong film producer lives with Chung Chun-to, a maidservant who has worked for his family for decades. Returning home after a business trip, Roger discovers Chung on the floor and calls for an ambulance. At the hospital, Roger discovers that Chung has had a stroke but rather than ask for rehabilitation, Chung decides she wants to retire and asks to be put in a nursing home.

While looking for a nursing home Roger discovers one nearby that is owned by his friend. He installs Chung there and visits her in between his production jobs. While visiting Chung, he tells her friends and neighbors that he is her god son in order to explain their connection.

Visiting Chung in the nursing home allows Roger to become closer to her, and he accompanied Chung until her last day.
 

Awards & Festivals
•  Venice Film Festival 2011 — Equal Opportunity Award, Gianni Astrei Award, Nazareno Taddei Award, SIGNIS Award - Honorable Mention, Best Actress
•  Golden Horse Awards 2011 — Best Director, Best Leading Actor, Best Leading Actress
•  Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2011 — Grand Prize, Jury Prize Best Actress, Special Jury Prize FICC Jury Prize
•  Toronto Int'l. Film Festival 2011
•  Rome Film Festival 2011
•  Milan Film Festival 2011
•  Naples Film Festival 2011
•  Vancouver Int'l. Film Festival 2011
•  London Film Festival 2011
•  Stockholm Int'l. Film Festival 2011
•  Dubai Int'l. Film Festival 2011
•  Asian Film Awards 2012 — Best Actress, People's Choice Award Favorite Actor
•  Chinese Film Media Awards 2012 — Best Actress
•  Durban Int'l. Film Festival 2012 — Best Actress
•  Granada Film Festival Cines del Sur 2012 — Audience Choice Award
•  Hong Kong Film Awards 2012 — Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Actress
•  Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards 2012 — Best Actress, Best Film
•  Festival Paris Cinema 2012 — Audience Award Best Feature Film, Jury Award Student Award
•  Shanghai Film Critics Awards 2012 — Film of Merit, Best Director
•  Palm Springs Int'l. Film Festival 2012
•  Int'l. Film Festival Rotterdam 2012
•  Okinawa Int'l. Movie Festival 2012
•  Sydney Int'l. Film Festival 2012
•  Munich Int'l. Film Festival 2012
•  New Horizons Film Festival 2012
•  Vilnius Int'l Film Festival 2012
•  Kosmorama Trondheim Int'l. Film Festival 2012
•  Istanbul Int'l. Film Festival 2012
•  The Prague Int'l. Film Festival 2012
•  Minneapolis St. Paul Int'l. Film Festival 2012
•  Hawaii Int'l. Film Festival 2012
•  San Diego Asian Film Festival 2012
•  Jeonju Int'l. Film Festival 2012
•  Lisboa Int'l. Independent Film Festival 2012
•  Hong Kong Film Festival in Thailand 2012
•  Kino Orok - Isola Cinema Festival 2012
•  Transilvania Film Festival 2012
•  Art Film Fest 2012
•  Hong Kong 15 Film Festival 2012
•  Osian's-Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema 2012
•  Traffic Film Festival 2012
•  "Euphoria: Made in Hong Kong" Film Festival 2012
•  Houston Ciena Arts Festival 2012
•  Cinemania Film Festival- Sofia 2012
•  Malatya Int'l. Film Festival 2012
•  Int'l. Women's Film Festival 2012
•  Kochi Int'l. Film Festival 2012
•  Chlotrudis Awards 2013 — Buried Treasure
•  Huabiao Film Awards 2013 — Outstanding Abroad Actress, Outstanding Co-Produced Film
•  Hong Kong Int'l. Film Festival 2013
•  Artichoke Film Festival 2013
•  Five Flavors Film Festival 2013
•  Golden Rooster Awards 2013
•  Portland  Int'l. Film Festival 2013
•  Season Film Festival 2013
•  Film by the Sea Film Festival 2013
•  Lingnan Art Fesitval 2014
•  QCinema Int'l. Film Festival 2015
•  Pacific Meridian Int'l. Film Festival in Vladivostok 2015
•  Silver Arts Festival 2016
•  Cairo Int'l Film Festival 2016
•  Doha Film Institute- Chinese Film Week 2016
•  Udine Far East Film Festival 2017
•  Five Flavours Film Festival 2017
•  Australian Cinémathèque 2019
•  Busan International Film Festival 2021
•  Festival des 3 Continents 2023