In chinese culture, fire horse children are notorious for being troublesome. 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 and the fire horse 2005 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Eve and the fire horse 2005 directed by julia kwan. 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 plot. This is a special year as the fire horse only turns up every 60 years and since it has a reputation for producing troublesome children, the worst is expected of eve almost from birth.
It shows the struggle of two chinese sisters as they struggle to find faith through a mix of buddhism, catholicism and teachings of the jehovahs witnesses. Julia kwans debut feature eve and the fire horse, a winner at the sundance, calgary and vancouver film festivals, is full of magic. Eve and the fire horse movie poster 27 x 40 inches 69cm x 102cm 2005 vivian wulester chitman chanhollie lophoebe kutjessica amlee. Eve eng phoebe jojo kut is the 9yearold daughter of buddhist chinese immigrants living in vancouver, british columbia. Much to the dismay of their traditionallyminded family members, eve and her equally. Eve and the fire horse movie information cinema clock. The girl is faced with dealing with her mothers miscarriage as well as the death of her grandmother. Its unclear how much of the story is autobiographical the most obvious parallel is that the main character eve and kwan were both born in 1966, the year of the fire horse on the chinese calendar.
Et seda teha, ja seal on tasuta teenuseid tasuta eve and the fire horse 2005 online. Much to the dismay of their traditionallyminded family members, eve and her equally independent sister. Regardless of the specifics, the film clearly draws upon an intimate knowledge of the everyday rhythms of chinesecanadian life in the 1970s. Eve and the fire horse pelicula completa, ver online y. Where and how to watch eve and the fire horse movie on kodi. Eve and the fire horse pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released eve and the fire horse pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes movie. Eve and the fire horse is a somewhat oddly intriguing movie. Eve and the fire horse 2005 is a sweet and sad canadian film about.
Eve and the fire horse 2005 the movie database tmdb. Eve, the young chinese protagonist of eve and the fire horse, was born in the year of the fire horse. Eve and the fire horse movie quotes rotten tomatoes. 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. Phoebe jojo kut, vivian wu, lester chan, hollie lo, julia kwan, erik. By chinese tradition, that means that the child will be a rebel and cause trouble for their parents. 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. According to chinese tradition, children born during the year of the fire horse grow up to be strongwilled and difficult. Eve and the fire horse is a 2005 canadian film written and directed by julia kwan.
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. In this fashion, it is intensely canadian, nice without being too much. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at. 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. The eve in the title of this first feature from vancouverbased director julia kwan was born in 1966, the year of the fire horse. With phoebe kut, hollie lo, vivian wu, chitman chan. Innocent eve was born in a year of fire horse, which is. 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. Eve, a precocious nineyearold with an overactive imagination, was born in the year of the fire horse, notorious among chinese families for. Eve was born in 1966 into a chinesecanadian family. The journey of a young girl and her sister striving to grow up in world where childhood is lonely and the world is full of wonder. This movie trailer was approved for use on the first weekend club. Eve phoebe jojo kut and her sister karena hollie lo were raised by buddhist.
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. Some of the scenes might seem sacrilegious, but i dont think that was the filmmakers intention. If you like eve and the fire horse you are looking for sentimental, touching and uplifting movies about with racism, youth, miraculous event, family relations, clergy, religions or cults and family life themes of drama genre shot in canada. One of the most enchanting and memorable films made in this country jennie punter, the globe and mail. What makes the film almost satisfying is that director kwan has given us a. It was written and directed by julia kwan, who drew on her own experiences growing up in canada in the 1970s and. When the family suffers a series of setbacks, elder daughter karena looks to catholicism as a means of improving her familys lot in life as her strongwilled younger sister eve born under the sign of the fire horse opts for a unique blend of buddhism and catholicism that is entirely her own creation. Innocent eve was born in a year of fire horse, which is believed to be bad luck. Best movies like eve and the fire horse bestsimilar.
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. Surprise twin adoption reveal kjar adoption story 10 years in the making behind the scenes duration. You are also a born in the year of the fire horse, how much of the movie is autobiographical. Two chinese girls phoebe jojo kut, hollie lo attend a roman catholic sunday school. 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 2006 directed by julia kwan. In 1975, nine year old eve is looking for some meaning for her life, especially after her mother, maylin eng, miscarries, and her paternal. Eve and the fire horse 2005 eve and the fire horse. 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. Eve, a precocious nineyearold with an overactive imagination, was born in the year of the fire horse, notorious among chinese families for producing. When buddhism and catholicism are thrown into the mix, life for eve and her 11yearold prim and authoritative sister, karena, escalates into a fantasia. The year of the fire dragon happens to be her birth year. Although eve has been raised with her familys traditional chinese beliefs, she begins to doubt that their religion can see her family through a string of misfortunes.
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