Ann Hui : 2011
Táo Jiě
Ah Tao has worked as an amah, a domestic servant, for the Leung family. Now, after 60 years of service, she is looking after Roger, who works in the film industry and is the only member of the family still resident in Hong Kong. One day Roger comes home from work to find that Tao has suffered a stroke. He rushes her to hospital, where she announces that she wants to quit her job and move into a nursing home. Roger researches the possibilities and finds her a room in an establishment run by an old friend. Tao moves in and begins acquainting herself with a new 'family'. Giving ever more time and attention to Tao's needs and pleasures, Roger comes to realise how much she means to him. His mother visits from California and suggests reclaiming an apartment building the family owns to provide Tao with a final home of her own. But as Tao's health begins to deteriorate rapidly, Roger slowly transforms from the detached single man to the devoted carer of an elderly servant, as if she were his own mother. Based on real people and events, a moving story of unsung heroism and everyday love. This award winning film premiered at La Biennale di Venezia 2011.
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