... and a simple film. Chung Chun To has worked all her life for the family of Roger. When she suffers from a stroke, she decides to retire and Roger is looking after her. Her health declines and in the end she dies, but yet - a film that is inspiring hope.
Wonderfully acted by Andy Lau and Deannie Yip. So many expressions are conveyed just by their doing and not by their saying.
The film also "criticizes society", however not by crying out a manifesto, but just by pointing. For example when we see that the people in that retirement home haven't their private rooms, but just detached cells without much privacy. Nor when we learn about the latent racist attitudes that without shame accepts different payment according to the origin of the worker.
This is a quiet film, that kept me thinking for a while.
10/10
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| Andy Lau and Deannie Yip in A Simple Life |
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| Remembering happy days together |
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| Privacy in a Hong Kong retirement home |
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| A Simple Life is one of the best films I have seen recently |
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