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FILM DETAILS

Certificate PG

Cast Deanie Ip Andy Lau Qin Hailu

Directors Ann Hui

Screenwriters Susan Chan Yan-lam Lee

Running Time 119 minutes

A Simple Life
Maid in Hong Kong

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Plot
When his elderly maid Ah Tao (Deanie Ip) is left incapacitated by a stroke, her workaholic master Roger (Andy Lau) finds himself torn between the demands of his job and the needs of his loyal servant.

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