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A Simple Life (2011)

A Simple Life (2011)

桃姐
118 minutes CN Drama
The relationship between a middle-aged man and the elderly woman who has been the family's helper for sixty years.
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Andy Lau
Roger Leung
Deanie Ip
Ah Tao
Qin Hailu
Ms. Choi
Wang Fuli
Roger's Mother
Paul Chun Pui
Uncle Kin
Leung Tin
Head Master
Hui Pik-Kei
Auntie Kam
Elena Kong Mei-Yee
Auntie Kam's Daughter
Yu Man-Si
Sharon
Production companies: Sil-Metropole Organisation, Focus Films Limited, Bona Film Group
Production countries: China, Hong Kong
Revenue: $2,802,459

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