Review of A Simple Life

A simple life tells us a story of a housemaid' last year of her life. The heroine of the film, named Tao, had been a housemaid in Andy' family for the last 60 years. She came to Andy's house when she was 16 years old , she grew up with Andy's mother and the growing up of Andy was before her very eyes. She served Andy with great care including cooking dinner, washing clothes, cleaning the room as well as feeding a cat. At the first shot of the movie, Tao was going across a crowed and noisy outdoor market to buy fishes for dinner, she picked up the goods so carefully that the shopkeeper seemed impatient. When she came home, she prepared a big meal for Andy. Ai night, Tao was always standing in the balcony waiting for Andy, therefore every time Andy came home, she would see the warm yellow light on the second floor, then Tao would serve the food for Andy .That is almost everything Tao will do in her daily life. However, one time Andy saw the yellow light when he came back but he could not open the door. He yelled loudly, hoping Tao would hear him, but finally he realized something was wrong with Tao. Tao suffered a stroke and could hardly walk without the walking stick. Andy was wondering to find a new housemaid to take care of her while Tao insisted to live in the nursery using her own money. Tao came into the nursery, and Andy couldn't get used to the life without Tao, he realized how important Tao was. Tao was already the number of his family from the bottom of her heart, Tao was even more intimate than his mother. He began to company Tao with unprecedented love and patient until her death. The whole story is really flat and slow, you can hardly find any ups and downs. Even when it comes the death, it seems so natural. But it still has a big power to move audiences, because so many little details in the film are likely happening in everyone's daily life. At the end, we all have to face the fear of death ,and at that time, all we need is love and company. In this film, wo can see so clearly the grand love in small person, it's pure and selfless.