A Simple Life

A Simple Life

Cast : Andy Lau , Deanie Ip

Chung Chun Tao, was born in Taishan, China. Her foster-father died during the Japanese Occupation and her foster-mother sent her to work as a servant for the Leung family. She has been in service there for 4 generations lasting 60 years. During this time, some members of the Leung family passed away and some emigrated. For the past decade, Chun Tao lived with Roger, the only family member left in Hong Kong. Since her teenage years, Chung Chun Tao has worked as a servant for the Leung family. Known as Chun 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 and find that Chun Tao has suffered a stroke. He rushes her to hospital, and then 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. Chun Tao moves in and begins acquainting herself with a new ‘family’: the brisk but fundamentally kindly supervisor Ms Choi and a motley crew of elderly residents, including the dapper Uncle Kin, the jealous Auntie Kam, the erudite ‘Headmaster’ and the good-hearted dialysis patient Mui Gu. Giving ever more time and attention to Chun Tao’s needs and pleasures, Roger comes to realise how much she means to him. Roger’s mother visits from United States and suggests reclaiming an apartment building the family owns to provide Chun Tao with a final home of her own.