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Life simply and gracefully goes on in Ann Hui’s at times gently humourous, often intensely moving but never outwardly sentimental drama. The multiple-award-winning film sees the veteran director achieve tonal perfection in an ongoing thematic exploration
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For someone who always shies away from the public spotlight, Ann Hui On-wah, the veteran filmmaker who has turned out classic after classic in her 30-plus-year career in the industry, is perhaps far too talented for her own good. Her latest masterpiece,
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If I have one complaint about Facets’ exceptional Lucian Pintilie retrospective (which continues through Sunday), it’s that the series, at ten days, doesn’t last long enough. Of course, this isn’t Facets’ fault: theaters rarely get to keep traveling prin
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If you haven’t made it to River East to see Ann Hui’s A Simple Life (a movie I can’t stop writing about), you don’t have much time left: it ends its run tomorrow afternoon. On the bright side, Hui’s directed about two dozen other features, and quite a fe
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Having now seen Ann Hui’s A Simple Life (at the improbable outlet of River East 21), I can aver that this Hong Kong feature is well worth checking out. It’s the sort of humanist filmmaking (like Satyajit Ray's) that seems to take shape on its own, and it
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A youthful league of Chinese filmmakers faces the toughest time in a market strewn with landmines that may threaten its survival. The coming two months may portend doom and gloom for the future of Chinese cinema. If you think I'm exaggerating, let me tel
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At the recently held Hong Kong Film Festival, the Indians made their presence felt in the Asia Screen Awards section. Lekha J Shankar The Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) is an arresting mixture of high glamour, strong cinema, impressive fun
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Keep track of your movies and discover movies with friends by adding Rotten Tomatoes to your Facebook Timeline. Since her teenage years, Chung Chun-Tao has worked as an amah - a servant - for the Leung family. Known as Ah Tao, she witnessed every aspect
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BEIJING -- James Cameron, Keanu Reeves and Jeremy Renner are among the guests set to attend the Beijing Film Festival, which opens Monday. Cameron's "Titanic 3D" is causing a sensation in China, with B.O. outstripping that of the U.S. Also expected to at
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In an efficient, mostly wordless sequence near the beginning of her quietly affecting film "A Simple Life," director Ann Hui shows the rhythms of shared routine and intimacy that bind the lead characters. Ah Tao (Deanie Ip) has fixed Roger Leung (Andy La
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The most sensitive and heartbreaking depiction of old age since Korean director Lee Chang-dong's Poetry, Hong Kong filmmaker Ann Hui's aptly titled account of the slow decline of a beloved housekeeper doesn't involve violent crime like Lee's film, but do
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Ann Hui risks the delicate balancing act of combine fantasy and reality with A Simple Life, another—and an exceedingly excellent and moving—mainstream “social message” film from this master director. On the surface the “social” seems to come from the rea
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In an efficient, mostly wordless sequence near the beginning of her quietly affecting film “A Simple Life,” the director Ann Hui shows the rhythms of shared routine and intimacy that bind the lead characters. Ah Tao (Deanie Ip) has fixed Roger Leung ( An
About Ann Hui
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Ann Hui On-Wah (許鞍華, Pinyin: Xǔ Ānhuá, Hepburn: Kyo Anka; born 23 May 1947 to a Chinese father and a Japanese mother) is a Hong Kong film director, one of the most critically acclaimed amongst the Hong Kong New Wave. Full Article
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Hong Kong actress Deanie Ip (L) and director Ann Hui pose on the red carpet at the Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong March 19, 2012. Ip is nominated for the Best Actress award for her role in the film "A Simple Life", and Hui will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award.
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From left, Hong Kong movie star Andy Lau, actress-singer Deanie Yip and director Ann Hui pose at their movie premiere "A Simple Life" in Hong Kong Thursday, March 1, 2012. Deanie Yip won the Best Actress award starring in her movie "A Simple Life", at the 68th Venice International Film...
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TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 14: Director Ann Hui arrives at 'A Simple Life' Premiere at TIFF Bell Lightbox during the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival on September 14, 2011 in Toronto, Canada.
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Director Ann Hui (L) poses with actress Deanie Yip and the Volpi Cup for best actress she received for 'Tao Jie (A simple life)' during a photocall following the award ceremony at the 68th Venice Film Festival on September 10, 2011 at Venice Lido.
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Director Ann Hui poses with actress Deanie Ip as she holds her Best Actress award for her role in A Simple Life during the winners' photo call of the 68th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011.
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VENICE, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 10: Director Ann Hui and producer Roger Lee attend the 'Damsels In Distress' premiere and closing ceremony during the 68th Venice Film Festival at Palazzo del Cinema on September 10, 2011 in Venice, Italy.
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VENICE, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 10: (L-R) Director Ann Hui and actress Deanie Ip attend the 'Damsels In Distress' premiere and closing ceremony during the 68th Venice Film Festival at Palazzo del Cinema on September 10, 2011 in Venice, Italy.
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