A simple life sees an elderly woman, after some 60 years as a servant, become ill and move to a retirement home. There, despite the collection of interesting characters, her world appears to shrink and collapse and she lives for the moments when Roger comes to visit. Through these visits he in turn understands that the woman has come to mean rather more to him than simply servant.

zhōnɡwén mínɡ: táojiě
中文名:桃姐

yīnɡwén mínɡ
英文名:A simple life / Sister Peach

zhìpiàndìqū:   zhōnɡɡuó xiānɡɡǎnɡ
制片地区:      中国香港

dǎoyǎn:  xǔ ānhuá
导演:许鞍华

zhǔyǎn :liú déhuá yè déxián
主演:刘德华,叶德娴

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剧情简介:

Yè déxián bànyǎnde lǎorén táojiě,wèi Liú déhuá bànyǎnde shàoyé Roger jiāzú ɡōnɡzuòle zhěnɡzhěnɡ liùshí nián,
叶德娴扮演的老人桃姐,为刘德华扮演的少爷Roger的家族工作了整整六十年,

cìhou ɡuò lǎoshàowǔdài rén,rújīn niányúɡǔxī hái huànyǒu zhònɡfēnɡ,
伺候过老少五代人,如今年逾古稀还患有中风,

shàoyé Roger bùzhīdào zhèyɑnɡde lǎorén yǒu shénme yònɡchù,jiù bǎ tā sònɡqù lǎorényuàn, bǐcǐjiān de ɡuānxì cónɡ cǐshí cáikāishǐ zhēnzhènɡ zhǎnkāi。
少爷Roger不知道这样的老人有什么用处,就把她送去老人院,彼此间的关系从此时才开始真正展开。

Production News:

A Simple Life, also known as Sister Peach, is an upcoming Hong Kong drama film directed by Ann Hui and starring Andy Lau and Deanie Ip. Ip, in the titled role as Sister Peach, won the Best Actress Award in the 68th Venice International Film Festival.

Inspired by a true story, the film tells about a heartwarming relationship between a young master of a big family, Roger (Lau) and the servant of the family who raised him, Sister Peach (Ip).

Zhong Chuntao had been the house maid of the Liang Family for six decades ever since she was thirteen years old and had taken care of five generations. When she had a stroke, the fifth generation, Roger saw no use in her and shipped her to a nursing home, where she met all kinds of interesting people, such as the sincere girl named Cai, the alleged funny old guy named Jian, the quiet woman named Mei and the greedy and jealous woman named Jin. Roger realized from his many visits to the nursing home that his fondness and reliance for Sister Peach is much more profound than he ever felt. He made up his mind to give Sister Peach the best last years as possible with him.

 The film has a budget of RMB30 million ($5.4 million) and is structured as a Hong Kong-China co-production. Backers include Bona Film Group Ltd , Sil-Metropole Organisation Ltd  and Lau's own company Focus Films Ltd . International sales are handled by Hong Kong's Distribution Workshop.

Note:

lǎorényuàn   jìnɡlǎoyuàn
老人院,敬老院 retirement home

púrén
仆人 servant

wǔdàirén
五代人  five generations

xiānɡɡǎnɡ
香港 Hong Kong