In 1975, nine year old eve is looking for some meaning for her life, especially after her mother, maylin eng, miscarries, and her paternal grandmother passes away, the latter event particularly concerning not so much for the event itself but the circumstances leading. Eve and the fire horse eve is a precocious nine yearold girl with a wild imagination growing up in a traditional chinese immigrant family in vancouver where confucian doctrines, superstitious obsessions and divine visions abound. Eve, a precocious nine yearold with an overactive imagination, was born in the year of the fire horse, notorious among chinese families for. Through the experiences of two children, nineyearold eve phoebe jojo kut and her older sister karena hollie lo, writerdirector kwan examines the interplay of two world religions, christianity and buddhism, in preparing them to face life. Chinesecanadian eve eng was born in 1966, in the year of the fire horse.
Eve phoebe jojo kut and her sister karena hollie lo were raised by buddhist. Review by melissa mcdowell apparently 2005 was a banner year for canadian films about kids struggling with difference and religion jeanmarc vallees c. Nearly a decade after julia kwans debut, eve and the fire horse, took home the special jury prize from sundance, the director has taken to the streets of her hometowns own chinatown in vancouver. Sep 09, 2005 eve and the fire horse 2005 directed by julia kwan genres comedy drama subgenres childhood drama, family drama, religious drama, period film release date sep 9, 2005 usa unknown run time 92 min. Best movies like eve and the fire horse bestsimilar. Innocent eve was born in a year of fire horse, which is believed to be bad luck. Eve and the fire horse is an ambitious featurelength debut from julie kwan, which demonstrates her directing skill when it comes to actors. Eve and the fire horse ost main title mychael danna. Eve and the fire horse is a beautifully written film about this 9 years cute girl eve and her 11 years old sisters struggle with the culture and religion clash as chinese immigrants living in vancouver, canada. In 1975, nine year old eve is looking for some meaning for her life, especially after her mother, maylin eng, miscarries, and her. What makes the film almost satisfying is that director kwan has given.
The first woman owned indian film company, firehorse films, was founded by two fire horse women, venita coelho and deepti datt. Eve and the fire horse is a story about family, childhood, and religion. Fire horse is a nice enough film, but at the risk of being a curmudgeon, i am hard pressed to see what all the fuss is about. Eve and the fire horse is kwans story of a young chinesecanadian girl who attempts to reconcile these competing cosmologies. When buddhism and catholicism are thrown into the mix, life for eve and her 11yearold prim and authoritative sister, karena, escalates into a fantasia of catastrophe, sainthood and. Vivian wu, lester chitman chan, hollie lo, phoebe kut. Eve and the fire horse has a kind of poetry that lifts it above the typical drama of immigrant life and gives her characters a lasting. Eve and the fire horse will pierce viewers hearts with its lyrical, humorous and emotional journey of a young girl and her sister striving to grow up in a world full of wonder. Eve phoebe jojo kut is a precocious nineyearold growing up in mid70s vancouver. This is not always an easy film to watch, but the techniques of scenesetting as manifestations of the cultural conflicts are captivating. Eve and the fire horse 2005 eve and the fire horse.
Eve and the fire horse 2006 directed by julia kwan. Eve and the fire horse 2005 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Eve is a precocious nine yearold girl with a wild imagination growing up in a traditional chinese immigrant family in vancouver where confucian doctrines, superstitious obsessions and divine visions abound. Eve is a nine yearold little girl born on the chinese year of the fire horse. Eve and the fire horse eve is a precocious nine yearold girl with a wild imagination growing up in a traditional chinese immigrant family in. Eve was born in 1966 into a chinesecanadian family. After a series of misfortunes strike the eng family, may lin vivian wu and her daughters, eve and karena phoebe kut, hollie lo turn to buddhism, catholicism, and ancient chinese superstitions to try and take control of their destinies. Tiff is a charitable cultural organization with a mission to transform the way people see the world, through film. Buy eve and the fire horse movie poster 11 x 17 inches 28cm x 44cm 2005 style a vivian wulester chitman chanhollie lophoebe kutjessica amlee. Red doors 2005, face 2002, snow in august 2001, another planet 1999, the journals of knud rasmussen 2006. Phoebe jojo kut, vivian wu, lester chan, hollie lo, julia kwan, erik. The girl is faced with dealing with her mothers miscarriage as well as the death of.
It won the special jury prize at the sundance film festival and the claude jutra award for the best feature film by a firsttime film director in canada. In chinese culture, fire horse children are notorious for being troublesome. Eve and the fire horse movie information cinema clock. Two chinese girls phoebe jojo kut, hollie lo attend a roman catholic sunday school. One of the most enchanting and memorable films made in this country jennie punter, the globe and mail. In this fashion, it is intensely canadian, nice without being too much. The ultimate news source for music, celebrity, entertainment, movies, and current events on the web. The year of the fire dragon happens to be her birth year.
Eve and the fire horse 2005 eve and the fire horse 2005. Eve and the fire horse movie poster 27 x 40 inches 69cm x 102cm 2005 vivian wulester chitman chanhollie lophoebe kutjessica amlee. After a series of misfortunes strike the eng family, the two young daughters, karena and eve, along with their mother, turn to a combination of buddhism, catholicism, and ancient chinese superstitions to try and take control of their destiny. It was written and directed by julia kwan, who drew on her own experiences growing up in canada in the 1970s and seeing western and eastern ideas blend together. By chinese tradition, that means that the child will be a rebel and cause trouble for their parents. Eves family is absent or preoccupied as she concocts elaborate spiritual fantasies involving the antics and adventures of jesus, the buddha and the dancing chinese goddesses. Eve is a precocious nine yearold girl with a wild imagination growing up in a traditional chinese immigrant family in vancouver where confucian doctrines, supe. With phoebe kut, hollie lo, vivian wu, chitman chan. Eve and the fire horse 2005 directed by julia kwan genres comedy drama subgenres childhood drama, family drama, religious drama, period film release date sep 9, 2005 usa unknown run time 92 min. Monica film center santa monica monica film center santa monica. Eve is a precocious nine yearold girl with a wild imagination growing up in a traditional chinese.
Eve eng phoebe jojo kut is the 9yearold daughter of buddhist chinese immigrants living in vancouver, british columbia. It won the special jury prize at the sundance film festival and the claude. Although eve has been raised with her familys traditional chinese. When buddhism and catholicism are thrown into the mix, life for eve and her 11 yearold prim and authoritative sister, karena, escalates into a fantasia of. Never would a tale about godly discovery within a nineyear old be anywhere near as convincing as with this film. Eve and the fire horse 2005 letterboxd social film. Eve and the fire horse 2005 the movie database tmdb. His focus on highend marketing and television productions has made his productions stand out. Most recently, eve and the fire horse won the special jury prize in the world cinema dramatic competition at the 2006 sundance film festival, the first and, so far, only canadian film. Jul 23, 2009 eve, a precocious nine yearold with an overactive imagination, was born in the year of the fire horse, notorious among chinese families for producing the most troublesome children. Jan 28, 2006 eve is a nine yearold little girl born on the chinese year of the fire horse.
According to the film, when kids are born during this time, some parents drown the infants in a river since years with this label often produced problematic children, a tradition she keeps one her mind, since she wasnt one of those unlucky children. When her older sister karena becomes fascinated with christianity, crucifixes pop up next to the buddha in the family s house and eve must contend with a sunday. Written and directed by julia kwan, the film follows a family after they deal with tragedy after tragedy. Michael ferraro film threat january 24, 2006 eve and the fire horse is an ambitious featurelength debut from julie kwan, which demonstrates her directing skill when it comes to actors. In 1975, nine year old eve is looking for some meaning for her life, especially after her mother, maylin eng, miscarries, and her paternal grandmother passes away. The film stars bette davis as margo channing, a highly regarded but aging broadway star. Eve and the fire horse is a 2005 canadian film written and directed by julia kwan. Eve, a precocious nine yearold with an overactive imagination, was born in the year of the fire horse, notorious among chinese families for producing the most troublesome children. Luck, karma, coincidence, religion and faith eve and the fire horse deals with all of these things. Its a typical comingofage film with an asian bent, nonetheless. She was born in the chinese year of the fire horse, which is infamous for producing rabblerousing kids. It was based on the 1946 short story the wisdom of eve by mary orr, although screen credit was not given for it. Jan 12, 2008 films such as the 2005 canadian film, eve and the fire horse, has raised awareness while also winning accolades such as the sundance special jury prize.
It won the special jury prize at the sundance film festival and the claude jutra award for the best feature film. Eve and the fire horse 2005 is a sweet and sad canadian film about tradition, religion, faith, luck, superstition and the human condition. By revealing the home life of a buddhist chinese family in canada, this film becomes a. His experience as a content creator for educational training media has given jeanpaul a unique methodology to training that gets results. This part, and most of this article, sounds a bit too much like an ad for the movie. Read the eve and the fire horse movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on.
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