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A Simple Life(Movie, 2011)

Original title: "桃姐" (Chinese (Cantonese)/CN)
1h 58min | Genre: Drama
A Simple LifeRating: 3.8/5 (with 7474 votes)
A Simple Life (Chinese: 桃姐; Jyutping: Tou4 Ze2), also known as Sister Peach, is a 2011 Hong Kong drama film directed by Ann Hui and starring Andy Lau and Deanie Ip. Ip, in the lead role of Sister Peach, won the Best Actress Award at the 68th Venice International Film Festival. Originally, Hui considered retiring after making this film. However, due to the film's success, she changed her mind and went on to work on other projects. Lau and Ip had not worked together since 1999's Prince Charming. Production of the film officially began during Chinese New Year. It was filmed in Mei Foo Sun Chuen. Production was wrapped on 6 April 2011 after two months of filming. The film competed in the 68th Venice International Film Festival. It was also selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.A Simple Life was an official selection for competition at the 68th Venice International Film Festival, where it won 4 awards. ()
Movie poster of A Simple Life

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Awards & Nominations for A Simple Life

Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film Golden Horse Award for Best Narrative Feature Golden Rooster Award for Best Picture

About A Simple Life

The relationship between a middle-aged man and the elderly woman, who has been the family's helper for sixty years.

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Trailer for A Simple Life + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Official UK Trailer(Trailer, 1:53)

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Additional Information

Production country: Hong Kong
Shot in: Hong Kong
Plays in: Hong Kong
Original language: Chinese (Cantonese) (CN)
Spoken languages: Chinese (Cantonese) (CN), English (EN), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Translated into 19 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 04/13/2012 (World premiere: 09/04/2011)
Director: Ann Hui
Producer: Ann Hui, Roger Yan-Lam Lee, Jessica Chan Pui-Wah
Screenwriter: Susan Chan, Roger Yan-Lam Lee
Film Editor: Kwong Chi-Leung
Director of Photography: Yu Lik-wai
Composer: Law Wing-fai
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Une vie simple"
"Tao jie"
"Tou ze"
"桃(タオ)さんのしあわせ"
Revenue: 2,802,459 USD

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