FREE Special Screening | A Simple Life directed by Ann Hui
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, April 10, 2012 | 7:00PM - 9:30PM | External Event, AMC Yonge & Dundas (Theatre #7), 10 Dundas Street East, Toronto |
Description
A Simple Life (2011)
with English subtitles
Directed by Ann Hui
CAST: Andy Lau, Deanie Ip
Since her teenage years, Chung Chun-Tao has worked as an amah – a servant – for the Leung family. Known as Ah Tao, she witnessed every aspect of the family’s life. Now, after 60 years of service, she is looking after Roger, who works in the film industry and is the only member of the family still resident in Hong Kong. One day Roger comes home from work to find that Ah Tao has suffered a stroke. He rushes her to hospital, where she announces that she wants to quit her job and move into a nursing home. Roger researches the possibilities and finds her a room in an establishment run by an old friend. Ah Tao moves in and begins acquainting herself with a new ‘family’. Giving ever more time and attention to Ah Tao’s needs and pleasures, Roger comes to realize how much she means to him. Roger’s mother visits from California and suggests reclaiming an apartment building the family owns to provide Ah Tao with a final home of her own. But Ah Tao’s health begins to deteriorate rapidly.
A Simple Life has won many international awards, including the Best Actress Award at the 2011 Venice International Film Festival, and the Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress awards at the 2011 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival.
There will be a Q & A session after the screening conducted by Professor Bart Testa, Cinema Studies Institute, University of Toronto, and film critic Alice Shih, Fairchild Radio.
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