Eve and the Fire Horse
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Eve and the Fire Horse is a 2005
Canadian film written and 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 first-time film director in Canada.
When her mother chops down their apple tree — a superstitious omen — bad luck worms its way into their family in unexpected, tragic ways. Forced to grow up too fast, Eve learns to take pleasure in life’s small gifts — like a goldfish she believes to be the reincarnated spirit of her beloved grandmother.
Meanwhile, Eve’s older sister Karena is going through changes of her own, exploring a newfound fascination with Christianity. Soon, crucifixes pop up next to the Buddha in the family’s house, and Eve must contend with a Sunday school class where her wild imagination is distinctly out of place.
Caught between her sister’s quest for premature sainthood and her own sense of right and wrong, Eve faces the challenges of childhood with fanciful humor and wide-eyed wonder. Along the way, she proves that sometimes the most troublesome children are the ones that touch our hearts most deeply.
A lyrical, lighthearted look at a young girl’s spiritual experience, Eve and the Fire Horse takes you on a wondrous yet deeply felt journey, where family life is strange, childhood lonely and religion perplexing.
2005 in film
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Canadian film written and directed by Julia Kwan
Julia Kwan
Julia Kwan is a Vancouver-based filmmaker who studied film and minored in psychology at Ryerson Polytechnic University in Toronto. She was also a director resident at Norman Jewison's prestigious Canadian Film Centre, where she made her award-winning short, Three Sisters on Moon Lake...
. It won the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
and the Claude Jutra Award
Claude Jutra Award
The Claude Jutra Award is a special Canadian film award, presented at the annual Genie Award ceremony to the year's best feature film by a first-time film director...
for the best feature film by a first-time film director in Canada.
Plot
Eve, a precocious nine year-old with an overactive imagination, was born in the Year of the Fire Horse, notorious among Chinese families for producing the most troublesome children. Dinners around Eve’s family table are a raucous affair, where old world propriety and new world audacity mix in even measure. But as summer approaches, it seems like Eve’s carefree childhood days are behind her.When her mother chops down their apple tree — a superstitious omen — bad luck worms its way into their family in unexpected, tragic ways. Forced to grow up too fast, Eve learns to take pleasure in life’s small gifts — like a goldfish she believes to be the reincarnated spirit of her beloved grandmother.
Meanwhile, Eve’s older sister Karena is going through changes of her own, exploring a newfound fascination with Christianity. Soon, crucifixes pop up next to the Buddha in the family’s house, and Eve must contend with a Sunday school class where her wild imagination is distinctly out of place.
Caught between her sister’s quest for premature sainthood and her own sense of right and wrong, Eve faces the challenges of childhood with fanciful humor and wide-eyed wonder. Along the way, she proves that sometimes the most troublesome children are the ones that touch our hearts most deeply.
A lyrical, lighthearted look at a young girl’s spiritual experience, Eve and the Fire Horse takes you on a wondrous yet deeply felt journey, where family life is strange, childhood lonely and religion perplexing.
Cast
- Phoebe Jojo Kut as Eve Eng
- Hollie LoHollie LoHollie Lo is a Canadian actress, best known for her role as Karena Eng in the movie Eve and the Fire Horse.-Awards:...
as Karena Eng - Vivian WuVivian WuVivian Wu , is a Chinese actress, known for her roles in The Last Emperor , Heaven & Earth , The Joy Luck Club , and The Pillow Book and as the historical figure of Soong May-ling, commonly referred to as Madam Chiang Kai-shek, in two major Chinese motion pictures The Soong Sisters and The...
as May Lin Eng - Lester (Chit Man) Chan as Frank
- Ping Sun Wong as Grandma
- Joseph Siu Kin Hing as Uncle #8
- Shirley Ng as Auntie #8
- Diane Buermans as Cousin Colleen
- Franco Maravilla as Cousin Edward
- Jessica AmleeJessica Amlee- Biography :She attended Kanaka Creek Elementary School in Maple Ridge. She is known well for playing Mallory on The Canadian TV show Heartland. She is also known for playing Amy in the thriller-horror film Beneath- Personal life:...
as Sally - Pawan Gill as Surinder
- Wendy Russell as Sister Agnes
- Julia Tortolano as Becky
- Matias Hacker as Karena's Teacher
- Chris Shields as Fred
- Todd McGowan as Jeff
- Jennifer Cheon as Goddess
- Gary Young as Jesus
- Francis Mah as Buddha
- Alan Cedargreen as Priest
- Herb Beaverstone as Mr. Wicker
- Jan Bos as Mr. Parker
- Tanya Champoux as Mrs. Leeds
- Alexus Dumont as Amanda
- Alexander LudwigAlexander Ludwig (actor)Alexander Ludwig is a Canadian teen actor. He played Will Stanton in the 2007 fantasy film, The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising...
as Kevin - Keanu Pires as Tony