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| runtime = 118 minutes | country = Hong Kong | language = Cantonese | budget = ¥30 million (US$5.4 million) | gross = US$ 6,202,317 }} ''A Simple Life'' (), also known as ''Sister Peach'', is a 2011 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 at the 68th Venice International Film Festival. Originally, Hui considered retiring after making this film. However, due to the film's success, Ann Hui changed her mind and is considering other projects. Lau and Ip had not worked together since 1999's ''Prince Charming''. Production of the film officially began during Chinese New Year. It was filmed in Mei Foo Sun Chuen.〔(【引用サイトリンク】date=24 February 2011 )〕 Production was wrapped on 6 April 2011 after two months of filming. The film competed in the 68th Venice International Film Festival. It was also selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hong Kong makes it Simple )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar )〕 but it did not make the final shortlist.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=9 Foreign Language Films Vie for Oscar )〕 ''A Simple Life'' was an official selection for competition at the 68th Venice International Film Festival, where it won 4 awards. Deanie Ip won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for her role in this film. She is the first Hong Konger to win this prize. In March, she also became the first Hong Konger to win the Asian Film Award for Best Actress. At the same event, director Ann Hui became the first female to win the Lifetime Achievement Award. At the 31st Hong Kong Film Awards Ceremony, ''A Simple Life'' won 5 major prizes (film, director, screenplay, actor, actress), repeating what happened with Hui's ''Summer Snow'' in 1996. Ann Hui has won Best Director (4 times) more than anyone else at the Hong Kong Film Awards. Ip is the oldest Best Actress recipient (64 years old at the time of her win). ==Plot== Roger Leung (Andy Lau), an unmarried middle aged Hong Kong film producer lives with Chung Chun-to (Deanie Ip), a maidservant who has worked for his family for decades. Returning home after a business trip, Roger discovers To on the floor and calls for an ambulance. At the hospital, Roger discovers that To has had a stroke but rather than ask for rehabilitation, To decides she wants to retire and asks to be put in a nursing home. While looking for a nursing home Roger discovers one nearby that is owned by his friend. He installs To there and visits her in between his production jobs. While visiting To, he tells her friends and neighbours that he is her god son in order to explain their connection. Visiting with To in the nursing home allows Roger to become closer to her. Eventually, other members of his family, who mostly live abroad, come to visit her. Roger's mother proposes that they renovate an old apartment that the family owns and allow To to spend the remainder of her days there. However, To grows more sickly and suffers a second stroke causing her condition to deteriorate and nullifying the family's plans for her. Eventually, To is hospitalized a final time and Roger makes the decision to allow her to die. At her funeral, the member's of Roger's family pay their respects to her and while Roger delivers the eulogy, a man from the nursing home comes to give flowers to her. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A Simple Life」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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