A simple life

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Full Title:: A simple life / Bona Entertainment Co., Ltd., Focus Films Limited, Sil-Metropole Organisation Ltd. present ; screenplay by Susan Chan ; produced by Chan Pui Wah ; produced and directed by Ann Hui = Tao jie / Bo na ying shi yu le you xian gong si, Ying yi yu le you xian gong si, Yin du ji gou you xian gong si lian he chu pin ; jian zhi, Chen Peihua ; bian ju Chen Shuxian ; jian zhi dao yan, Xu Anhua
A simple life Bona Entertainment Co., Ltd., Focus Films Limited, Sil-Metropole Organisation Ltd. present ; screenplay by Susan Chan ; produced by Chan Pui Wah ; produced and directed by Ann Hui = Tao jie / Bo na ying shi yu le you xian gong si, Ying yi yu le you xian gong si, Yin du ji gou you xian gong si lian he chu pin ; jian zhi, Chen Peihua ; bian ju Chen Shuxian ; jian zhi dao yan, Xu Anhua

Additional Author/Creators:: Xu, Anhua
Chan, Susan, screenwriter
Lau, Andy, 1961-
Ye, Dexian, 1947-
Qin, Hailu
Wang, Fuli, 1949-
Qin, Pei, 1945-
Liang, Tian, 1959-, actor
Yu, Wenshi (Actress), actor
Lin, Erwen, 1982-, actor
Jiang, Meiyi, 1971-, actor
Chen, Zhishen, 1977-, actor
Xu, Suying (Actress), actor
Bona Entertainment Co.
Focus Films Ltd
Yin du ji gou you xian gong si (Hong Kong, China)
Well Go USA, Inc

Genre:: Feature films
Fiction films
Subjects:: Women household employees--Drama
Caregivers--Drama
Cerebrovascular disease--Patients--Drama
Kindness--Drama
Hong Kong (China)--Social life and customs--Drama

Summary:: Roger is a successful movie producer. Ah Tao has worked for Roger's family as a nanny and maid over the course of four generations. When Roger comes home to find Ah Tao's suffered a severe stroke and she is unable to care for herself, he agrees to help her relocate to a nursing home. He wants to help, but fears he'll fail her. She needs his kindness, but doesn't want to be a burden. As their roles reverse, he becomes her caregiver, and comes to understand how much she means to him.
Language:: Chinese
Language Note:: Cantonese dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Physical Type/Description:: 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Technical Note:: DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (16:9) presentation; 5.1 or 2.0 Dolby digital.
General Note:: Based on a true story.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2011.
Includes trailer.
Participant/Performer Note:: Liu Dehua, Ye Dexian, Wang Fuli, Qin Hailu, Qin Pei, Liang Tian, Yu Wenshi, Lin Erwen, Jiang Meiyi, Chen Zhishen, Xu Suying, Huang Qiusheng, Du Wenze.
劉德華, 葉德嫻, 王馥荔, 秦海璐, 秦沛, 梁天, 余文詩, 林二汶, 江美儀, 陳智燊, 許素瑩, 黃秋生, 杜汶澤.
Creation/Production Credits Note:: Production designer, Pan Yisen ; costume designer, Wang Baoyi ; director of photography, Yu Liwei ; editors, Kuang Zhiliang, Wei Shufen ; screenwriter, Chen Shuxian ; composer, Luo Yonghui.